8-letter words containing p, o, s, l
- spookily — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- spooling — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoonful — as much as a spoon can hold.
- spoonily — in a spoony manner
- sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
- spotless — free from any spot, stain, etc.; immaculately clean: a spotless kitchen.
- stolport — short take-off and landing airport: an airport designed for aircraft that can do short take-offs and landings and only require a short runway
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- stop log — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
- stopless — not having any stops, continuous
- sub-plot — minor, secondary storyline
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
- sump oil — the waste oil from engines
- superloo — an automated public toilet
- supposal — the act of supposing.
- symploce — the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
- syncopal — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- teleshop — to engage in teleshopping.
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- topelius — Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- topolski — Feliks (fiːlɪks). 1907–89, British painter, born in Poland; best known for his sketches and murals, esp for Memoir of the Century (1975–89) painted on viaduct arches on London's South Bank
- topsmelt — a silversides, Atherinops affinis, of waters along the Pacific coast of North America: valued as a food fish.
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- unspoilt — a simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
- up-close — intimate, close-up
- vorspiel — an introductory movement to a musical work, especially a prelude or overture.
- ypsiloid — having the shape of a 'Y' or ypsilon