8-letter words containing p, o, e
- pontoise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- poor joe — a heron.
- poorness — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- pop wine — an inexpensive wine having a low alcohol content and artificial fruit flavoring.
- pop-eyed — marked by bulging, staring eyes: a young boy popeyed with excitement.
- popehood — the office of the Pope
- popeless — having no pope
- popelike — resembling a pope
- popeline — a fabric, resembling broadcloth, rep, or poplin and made with silk or rayon warp and wool filling, used in the manufacture of dress goods.
- popeling — a deputy or supporter of the Pope
- popeseye — denoting a cut of steak
- popeship — the office of a pope
- popsicle — ice lolly
- popstrel — a young, attractive female pop star
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- porifera — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- poriness — the state or condition of being porous; porosity
- pork pie — a snap-brimmed hat with a round, flat crown, usually made of felt.
- pornaoke — an entertainment in which members of an audience emit lustful utterances in synchronization with those seen on a pornographic film played silently on a large screen
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- porpoise — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- portable — portability
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- portered — (of an apartment block) serviced by a caretaker
- porterly — pertaining to or characteristic of a porter
- portesse — a small book of prayers, psalms, hymns, etc
- portfire — (formerly) a slow-burning fuse used for firing rockets and fireworks and, in mining, for igniting explosives
- porthole — a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
- portiere — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- portless — a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- portress — a woman who has charge of a door or gate; a female doorkeeper.
- portside — situated on the port side
- poseable — able to be posed or manipulated into poses
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.
- possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
- postages — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- postcode — an official code used by the post office, similar to the U.S. zip code, that adds numbers and letters to addresses to expedite mail delivery.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- postgres — (database) An active DBMS developed at the University of California at Berkeley by a team led by Michael Stonebraker (1986-1994). Postgres was later taken by Illustra and developed into a commercial product, which in turn was bought by Informix and integrated into their product, Universal Server.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.