8-letter words containing p, o, e
- petaflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of 1015 floating-point operations a second
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- petalous — having petals.
- petdingo — (tool) An Estelle to C++ translator.
- peterson — Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- petiolar — of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- petition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- petitory — requesting or entreating
- petrillo — James Caesar, 1892–1984, U.S. labor leader: president of the American Federation of Musicians 1940–58.
- petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
- petronel — a firearm of large calibre used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp by cavalry soldiers
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- pettifog — to be a pettifogger
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- pezizoid — having the same shape or characteristics of the cup-like fungi that belong to the genus Peziza
- phaethon — a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
- phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philomel — the nightingale.
- phleboid — pertaining to or resembling a vein.
- phlegmon — a swollen, red, and painful mass affecting bodily tissue that may progress to abscess
- phone in — If you phone in to a radio or television show, you telephone the show in order to give your opinion on a matter that the show has raised.
- phone up — call on the telephone
- phonecam — a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone
- phonemes — any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
- phonemic — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phonetic — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phosgene — a poisonous, colorless, very volatile liquid or suffocating gas, COCl 2 , a chemical-warfare compound: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- photogen — a light oil obtained by the distillation of bituminous shale, coal, or peat: once commercially produced chiefly as an illuminant and as a solvent.
- photoset — photocompose.
- phyllode — an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade.
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- pi meson — pion.
- picoline — any of three isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine having the formula C 6 H 7 N, obtained from coal tar as a colorless oily liquid with a strong odor.
- picomole — a trillionth of a mole
- picotite — a dark-brown mineral containing iron, magnesium, and chromium
- picowave — to irradiate (food) with gamma rays in order to retard spoilage.
- pie-hole — a person's mouth
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- piemonte — Italian name of Piedmont.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pilework — construction built from heavy stakes or cylinders
- pilewort — Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.