8-letter words containing e, n, s, o, r
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- peterson — Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poisoner — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poorness — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- poriness — the state or condition of being porous; porosity
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- press on — continue, persevere
- pression — an act of pressing
- prisoner — a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- prodnose — an inquisitive person
- prognose — to predict the course of (disease)
- propense — having a tendency toward; prone; inclined.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protense — extension in time
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- 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.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- raisonne — carefully thought out, logical
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ransomer — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- re-sound — to sound or cause to sound again
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- recensor — someone who produces a recension or recensions
- recision — an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- red snow — snow that has acquired a red color either from airborne particles of red dust or from a type of alga that contains a red pigment.
- redstone — a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- refusion — a new or further fusion
- reseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- resinoid — resinlike.
- resinous — full of or containing resin.
- resoften — to make or become soft again
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- resorcin — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- 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.
- response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- resummon — to summon again
- revision — the act or work of revising.
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- ropiness — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.