8-letter words containing p, o, s, l, e
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- implodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implode.
- implores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implore.
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- jalopies — Plural form of jalopy.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- liposome — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- louse up — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
- opuscule — a small or minor work.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- outsleep — to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- outspell — to surpass at spelling
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- paleosol — a fossil soil preserved within a sequence of geological deposits, indicative of past conditions.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- papulose — having papules
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- perclose — parclose.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- pesthole — a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
- petalous — having petals.
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- pisolite — limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- pistolet — a small gun
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plimsole — a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe; sneaker.
- plotless — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- poetless — having no poet