8-letter words containing p, o, g
- paralogy — false reasoning
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- pathogen — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- peat bog — a swamp in which peat has accumulated.
- pedagogy — the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
- pedology — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- peg down — to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- pelology — the study of the therapeutic uses of mud
- penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentagon — a polygon having five angles and five sides.
- peopling — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- 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.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- petdingo — (tool) An Estelle to C++ translator.
- pettifog — to be a pettifogger
- phlegmon — a swollen, red, and painful mass affecting bodily tissue that may progress to abscess
- 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.
- picogram — one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
- pig iron — iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pignolia — a pine nut, the edible seed of the nut pine
- pignolis — pine nut (def 1).
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- piloting — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- piloxing — a system of exercise combining elements of Pilates and boxing
- pinotage — a red grape variety of South Africa, a cross between the Pinot Noir and the Hermitage
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- pivoting — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- play god — make life-and-death decisions
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- plodding — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- plonking — foolish, clumsy, or inept
- plopping — to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water: A frog plopped into the pond.
- plottage — the area within or comprising a plot of land.
- plotting — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- plughole — drainage hole in sink or bath
- plumbago — graphite.
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- podalgia — pain in the foot.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- podology — the study of the feet
- poignant — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- pointing — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- polglish — informal Polish containing a high proportion of words of English origin