8-letter words containing p, o, e
- pokeroot — pokeweed
- pokeweed — a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in medicine, and young edible shoots resembling asparagus.
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- poleaxed — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- poleless — without a pole
- polemics — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polemize — polemicize.
- polestar — Polaris.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
- policies — the enclosed grounds and gardens surrounding a large country house or mansion
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- politely — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- politest — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polities — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- poll end — the hub holding the sail arms of a windmill.
- pollable — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- pollster — a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
- polluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- polonize — to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish.
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polymery — the characteristic of having many parts
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- polypine — relating to polyps
- polypnea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polypore — a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus (Polyporus) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.
- polyseme — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
- polyteny — the condition of being polytene
- polytype — a crystal occurring in more than one form
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- pommetty — having a pommel
- pompeian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- poncelet — Jean Victor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1788–1867, French mathematician.
- ponchoed — wearing a poncho
- ponderal — relating to weight
- pondered — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ponderer — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- pondweed — any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, most species of which grow in ponds and quiet streams.
- ponselle — Rosa (Melba) 1897–1981, U.S. soprano.
- pontifex — a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus)