8-letter words containing a, p, r, i, o
- pretoria — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- progeria — a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.
- prolamin — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- prosaism — prosaic character or style.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
- protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- proviral — relating to a provirus
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- rape oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- saprobic — saprophyte.
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- tapiroid — of or resembling a tapir
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- tropaion — a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- tropical — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- troupial — any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- two pair — a set of two cards of the same denomination together with another matched set of different denomination from the first.
- unipolar — Also, homopolar. Physics. having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
- zipporah — the daughter of Jethro and the wife of Moses. Ex. 2:21.