8-letter words containing p, o, r, l
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- n-prolog — Prolog extended with explicit negation. Dov Gabbay <[email protected]>.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- nol-pros — to end by a nolle prosequi.
- nonpolar — containing no permanently dipolar molecules; lacking a dipole.
- norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
- oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oilproof — resistant to oil
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- overleap — to leap over or across: to overleap a fence.
- overplan — to plan excessively
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- overplot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- owerloup — an encroachment
- p-prolog — (language) A parallel logic language.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- palpator — a type of beetle with long maxillary appendages
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- parabola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabole — a simile
- parafoil — a structure, usually made of a strong yet light fabric, having a shape similar to that of an airplane wing, and used as a kite or a parachute.
- paralogy — false reasoning
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- parlando — sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- pastoral — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pastorly — of or relating to a pastor
- patronal — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- pavlodar — a city in NE Kazakhstan.
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- per-oral — administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- perclose — parclose.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- petiolar — of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- 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