8-letter words containing l, d, o, p
- pavlodar — a city in NE Kazakhstan.
- pedology — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- phalloid — having the form of or bearing a similarity to a penis
- phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
- phleboid — pertaining to or resembling a vein.
- phyllode — an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade.
- phyllody — the abnormal transformation of a floral structure into a foliage leaf.
- phylloid — leaflike.
- pindolol — a synthetic beta blocker, C 1 4 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used in the management of hypertension.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- platypod — Also, platypodous [pluh-tip-uh-duh s] /pləˈtɪp ə dəs/ (Show IPA). having a broad foot, as certain gastropod mollusks.
- play god — make life-and-death decisions
- play-doh — Play-Doh is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- playdown — a play-off.
- plodding — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- podalgia — pain in the foot.
- podology — the study of the feet
- polaroid — instant photograph
- poleaxed — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- poll end — the hub holding the sail arms of a windmill.
- polluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
- poloidal — relating to a type of magnetic field
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups
- polyclad — any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- polypody — any fern of the genus Polypodium, as P. vulgare, having creeping rootstocks, deeply pinnatifid evergreen fronds, and round, naked sori.
- polypoid — resembling a polyp.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- potholed — A potholed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- preloved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- premodel — a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.
- premould — to mould in advance
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- proudful — proud; full of pride.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- pulldown — a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
- pulpwood — spruce or other soft wood suitable for making paper.
- puruloid — resembling pus.