8-letter words containing p, o, e
- pembroke — a borough in Dyfed, in SW Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.
- pemoline — a synthetic, weak, central nervous system stimulant, C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 , with sympathomimetic activity, used as an adjunct in the management of hyperkinetic behavior disorders.
- penelope — Classical Mythology. the wife of Odysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy.
- pennoned — equipped with a pennon
- pennyboy — an employee whose duties include menial tasks, such as running errands
- penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- penoncel — pencel.
- penpoint — the point or writing end of a pen, especially a small, tapering, metallic device having a split tip for drawing up ink and for writing; nib.
- pensione — an Italian boarding house or small hotel
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- pentagon — a polygon having five angles and five sides.
- pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
- pentomic — pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- penwoman — a female writer
- peopling — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- peperino — a brown or grey rock (tuff) consisting of condensed and cemented volcanic ash, sand, etc, esp that found outside Rome in the Albano Hills
- peperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- per-oral — administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- perborax — sodium perborate.
- perclose — parclose.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- perdendo — (of a piece of music) getting gradually quieter and dying away
- perfecto — a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.
- perforce — of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance: The story must perforce be true.
- perforin — a protein produced by killer cells of the immune system that causes disintegration of targeted cells by forming pores in their membranes.
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pericope — a selection or extract from a book.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- periodid — kind of iodide
- periotic — surrounding the ear.
- peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- perorate — to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- perronet — Jean Rodolphe [zhahn raw-dawlf] /ʒɑ̃ rɔˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1708–94, French engineer.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- pesthole — a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
- pet food — feed for domestic animals
- pet shop — a shop selling animals intended as pets