8-letter words containing oa
- moatlike — Resembling a moat or some aspect of one.
- monoacid — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- nanoacre — (unit, humour) /nan'oh-ay"kr/ A unit (about 2 mm square) of real estate on a VLSI integrated circuit. VLSI nanoacres have costs in the same range as real acres once one allows for design and fabrication setup costs.
- nematoad — Misspelling of nematode.
- noachian — of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- oak fern — a small woodland fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, of northern regions, having triangular, pinnate fronds that slant horizontally.
- oak gall — any of various rounded galls produced on oaks, especially the horned oak gall.
- oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oak leaf — the leaf of an oak tree
- oak park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oak wilt — a disease of oaks, characterized by wilting and discoloration of the leaves and defoliation, usually starting at and spreading from the top of the tree and the ends of the branches, caused by a fungus, Chalara quercina.
- oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- oanshagh — a foolish girl or woman
- oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.
- oatcakes — Plural form of oatcake.
- oathable — having the ability to take an oath or to be believed while on oath
- off-load — to get rid of (something unpleasant or burdensome), as by delegation to another
- off-road — designed, built, or used for traveling off public roads, especially on unpaved roads, trails, beaches, or rough terrain: an off-road vehicle.
- offboard — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- offloads — Plural form of offload.
- old goat — an elderly man who is disliked, especially for being mean to or disapproving of younger people.
- old stoa — the earliest phase of Stoicism, lasting from the latter part of the 4th century to the early part of the 3rd century b.c.
- on board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- on-board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- outboast — to surpass in boasting
- outcoach — to exceed in coaching
- outfloat — to float longer than
- overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- overgoad — to goad excessively
- overload — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
- oversoak — to soak too much
- own goal — In sport, if someone scores an own goal, they accidentally score a goal for the team they are playing against.
- pair-oar — a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.
- pan loaf — a loaf of bread with a light crust all the way round
- parazoan — any member of a group of invertebrates comprising the phylum Porifera, the sponges.
- pc board — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)
- pea coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from about 3/8 to about 13/16 inch (1 to 2 cm).
- pea coat — A pea coat or a pea jacket is a short, double-breasted overcoat made of wool and worn especially by sailors.
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- 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.
- polyzoan — bryozoan
- post oak — any of several American oaks, especially Quercus stellata, the wood of which is used for posts.
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- protozoa — a major grouping or superphylum of the kingdom Protista, comprising the protozoans.