8-letter words containing i, n, o, p, r
- orpiment — a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- overspin — topspin.
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- paraison — parison.
- paranoia — Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- parochin — a parish
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- peperino — a brown or grey rock (tuff) consisting of condensed and cemented volcanic ash, sand, etc, esp that found outside Rome in the Albano Hills
- peperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- perforin — a protein produced by killer cells of the immune system that causes disintegration of targeted cells by forming pores in their membranes.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- phorminx — an ancient Greek stringed musical instrument of the lyre family
- phoronid — any member of the invertebrate phylum Phoronida, wormlike marine animals living in a chitinous tube and having an anterior structure bearing ciliated tentacles for feeding.
- picaroon — a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- pig iron — iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pinafore — a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- pinkroot — the root of any of various plants belonging to the genus Spigelia, of the logania family, especially that of S. marilandica of the U.S., that is used as a vermifuge.
- pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- pliotron — any hot-cathode vacuum tube having an anode and one or more grids.
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poisoner — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poitrine — a woman's bosom
- poriness — the state or condition of being porous; porosity
- porkling — a young pig; piglet
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- positron — an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- pression — an act of pressing
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- preunion — a meeting in advance of a permanent union
- printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
- prisoner — a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- procinct — the state of preparedness
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- proggins — a university proctor
- 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.
- proofing — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- propping — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- 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.
- protonic — a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.