8-letter words containing p, o, e
- keep out — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kinepock — (obsolete) cowpox.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lap robe — a blanket, fur covering, or the like, used to cover one's lap or legs, as when sitting outdoors or riding in an open vehicle.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leg drop — a narrow scenery flat or drop, often used in a pair to form an inverted U .
- leg rope — a rope used to secure an animal by its hind leg
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- lepidote — covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- leporide — a Belgian hare formerly believed to be a hybrid of the European rabbit and hare.
- leporine — of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- liposome — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- lolloped — Simple past tense and past participle of lollop.
- loophole — a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- louse up — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- loved-up — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- megacorp — (informal) A very large corporation; megacorporation.
- megaflop — A unit of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- megapode — any of several large-footed, short-winged gallinaceous Australasian birds of the family Megapodiidae, typically building a compostlike mound of decaying vegetation as an incubator for their eggs.
- memo pad — memorandum pad
- menopome — the hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
- mephisto — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).