8-letter words containing p, o, l, y
- posingly — in a posing manner
- posology — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the determination of dosage.
- possibly — perhaps; maybe: It may possibly rain today.
- potbelly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- poyntill — pointel.
- probably — in all likelihood; very likely: He will probably attend.
- promptly — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- propenyl — containing the propenyl group.
- properly — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- prophyll — one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow
- propylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the propyl group.
- propylon — propylaeum.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- psychol. — psychological
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.
- pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- pyrology — the study of fire or heat, esp the branch of chemistry concerned with the use and properties of fire
- pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- redeploy — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemploy — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- roleplay — to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sloppily — muddy, slushy, or very wet: The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
- snoopily — in a prying or snooping manner
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- spookily — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- spoonily — in a spoony manner
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- 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.
- telecopy — a message or document sent by fax
- toplofty — condescending; haughty.
- topology — the study of those properties of geometric forms that remain invariant under certain transformations, as bending or stretching.
- torpidly — inactive or sluggish.
- typology — the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
- wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
- xylocarp — a fruit, such as a coconut, having a hard woody pericarp
- ypsiloid — having the shape of a 'Y' or ypsilon
- zoophily — (biology) pollination by animals.