8-letter words containing a, p, r, s, e
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praesepe — an open star cluster in the center of the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- pre-sale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- prebasal — (in biology) located in front of a base, or in front of a basal part
- precrash — of or pertaining to the period before a crash, esp of a motor vehicle; coming into effect or being deployed prior to a crash
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- prelease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- prepaste — to paste in advance
- presager — a presentiment or foreboding.
- preshape — to shape beforehand so as to be ready for use
- preshave — a liquid preparation, usually containing alcohol, for applying to the face to dry the skin and beard before shaving with an electric razor.
- pressfat — a wine vat
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- pretaste — a taste of what may be experienced later
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- psoralea — any plant of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Psoralea, having curly leaves, white or purple flowers, and short one-seeded pods
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- rapeseed — the seed of the rape.
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- rephrase — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- repraise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- resample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- reshaper — a person or thing that reshapes
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- respread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- sapremia — blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.