8-letter words containing o, p, e, i
- primrose — Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of.
- priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- prioress — a woman holding a position corresponding to that of a prior, sometimes ranking next below an abbess.
- prisoner — a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- pro-life — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profiler — any of several types of machine tools for reproducing shapes in metal or other materials from a master form.
- profiter — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- 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.
- prolifer — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- promisee — a person to whom a promise is made.
- 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.
- provided — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provider — Internet Access Provider
- province — an administrative division or unit of a country.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- pyronine — a xanthine dye used for detecting the presence of RNA.
- 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.
- reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- riopelle — Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1923–2002, Canadian painter, in France from 1946.
- ripe rot — a disease of fruit or vegetable storage organs at the ripening stage, caused by any of several fungi or bacteria and characterized by spotting and rapid decay.
- rispetto — a form of folk verse from Tuscany
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- ropelike — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- ropiness — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- rose hip — hip2 .
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- semiopen — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- setpoint — the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure.
- side pot — (in poker with table stakes) a second or subsequent pot, separate from the main pot, created when a player's entire table stake has been bet in a main pot or another side pot and other players want to continue betting.
- sinopite — a clay-like mineral containing iron oxides
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- ski pole — a slender pole or stick, usually with a metal point at one end, a loop for the hand at the other, and a disk near the lower end to prevent its sinking into snow, used in skiing to gain momentum, maintain balance, execute certain jumps, etc.
- slipover — of or denoting a garment that can be put on easily over the head