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8-letter words containing o, p, s, e, r

  • prescore — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
  • prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
  • presolve — to solve beforehand
  • press on — continue, persevere
  • pression — an act of pressing
  • prestore — Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
  • previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
  • previsor — to foresee.
  • primrose — Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of.
  • 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.
  • proceeds — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
  • prodnose — an inquisitive person
  • profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
  • prognose — to predict the course of (disease)
  • progreso — a city in NW Honduras.
  • progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
  • prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
  • 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.
  • propense — having a tendency toward; prone; inclined.
  • 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.
  • prophesy — to foretell or predict.
  • prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
  • proposed — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
  • proposer — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
  • prosecco — (sometimes lowercase) a variety of white wine, usually a sparkling wine, produced in several regions of northern Italy.
  • proseman — a writer of prose
  • prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
  • prospero — (in Shakespeare's The Tempest) the exiled Duke of Milan, who is a magician.
  • prospers — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
  • prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
  • prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
  • prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
  • protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
  • 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
  • proteose — any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
  • proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
  • proverbs — a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.
  • pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
  • 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.
  • purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
  • pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
  • pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
  • pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
  • pyrosome — a member of a genus, Pyrosoma, of colonial tunicates found in tropical open waters, the sole genus of the order Pyrosomida, which consists of brightly phosphorescent, translucent individuals united into a hollow tube closed at one end
  • reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
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