8-letter words containing p, o, m, l
- omphalo- — navel, umbilicus
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- oom paul — Stephanus Johannes Paulus [ste-fah-nœs yoh-hah-nuh s poh-lœs] /stɛˈfɑ nœs yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈpoʊ lœs/ (Show IPA), ("Oom Paul") 1825–1904, South African statesman: president of the Transvaal 1883–1900.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- palm off — the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- palm oil — a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.
- palmetto — any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
- palometa — a pompano, Trachinotus goodei, of tropical and temperate Atlantic seas, having long, tapering fins.
- palomino — a horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, and often white markings on the face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S.
- pamplona — a city in N Spain.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- 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.
- philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philomel — the nightingale.
- philomot — having the same colour as that of a dead leaf
- phlegmon — a swollen, red, and painful mass affecting bodily tissue that may progress to abscess
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- picloram — a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- picomole — a trillionth of a mole
- piliform — having the form of a hair; resembling hair.
- pillworm — a type of millipede that can roll itself up into a ball
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- plimsole — a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe; sneaker.
- plimsoll — load-line mark.
- pliofilm — a transparent plastic wrapping material
- plumbago — graphite.
- plumbous — containing bivalent lead.
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- polemics — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polemize — polemicize.
- polonism — a Polish characteristic or sense of identity
- polonium — a radioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; atomic number: 84; atomic weight: about 210.
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polymery — the characteristic of having many parts
- polyonym — a word with the same meaning as another word; synonym
- 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.
- polysomy — the state of being polysomic
- polytomy — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- pomology — the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing.