8-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- permeant — permeating; pervading.
- pernancy — a taking or receiving, as of the rents or profits of an estate.
- peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- persians — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- 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.
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- peruvian — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- peterman — a safecracker.
- petnaper — a person who thieves a pet in order to exact money in exchange for its return or to sell it
- pfortran — Parallel Fortran
- pharming — the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
- phrasing — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phrygana — another name for garigue, used esp in Greece
- phrygian — of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
- picarian — a bird belonging to the picariae division of birds, which is extensive and includes woodpeckers, toucans and kingfishers among many more
- picaroon — a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- pin mark — the circular indentation on the upper part of a type body, made by the pin that ejects the type from the caster.
- pin rail — Theater. a rail on a fly gallery, wall, etc., holding two rows of pins or cleats for securing lines attached to scenery.
- pinafore — a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pindaric — of, relating to, or in the style of Pindar.
- pine tar — a very viscid, blackish-brown liquid having an odor resembling that of turpentine, obtained by the destructive distillation of pine wood, used in paints, roofing, soaps, and, medicinally, for skin infections.
- pingrass — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, with fernlike leaves
- piranesi — Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- pirating — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pitcairn — British island in Polynesia, in the South Pacific: 1.8 sq mi (4.6 sq km); pop. 54
- planaria — freshwater or saltwater flatworms of the family Planariidae, that are widely used in laboratory work because of their ability to regenerate parts of the body easily
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- plankter — any organism that is an element of plankton.
- planuria — an expulsion of urine from an abnormal opening
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- pornaoke — an entertainment in which members of an audience emit lustful utterances in synchronization with those seen on a pornographic film played silently on a large screen
- pornomag — pornographic magazine
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- portolan — a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc
- praising — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prancing — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- prandial — of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- pranking — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- pre-dawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- preclean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.