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8-letter words containing p, a, r, i

  • priscian — flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
  • pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
  • pristina — the capital city of Kosovo, S Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro: site of 1389 battle against Turks and center of modern Kosovar (Albanian) separatist movement.
  • privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
  • prizable — of worth
  • prizeman — a man who wins a prize
  • procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
  • proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
  • proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
  • prosaism — prosaic character or style.
  • prosaist — a person who writes prose.
  • protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
  • protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
  • proviral — relating to a provirus
  • proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
  • prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
  • pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
  • puparium — a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects
  • pupillar — of or relating to a pupil or a legal ward
  • puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
  • pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
  • pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
  • raindrop — a drop of rain.
  • rapa nui — Easter Island.
  • rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  • 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.
  • raphania — a type of ergotism possibly resulting from ingestion of the poison from radish seeds
  • rapidcad — (processor)   A specially packaged Intel 486DX and a dummy floating point unit (FPU) designed as pin-compatible replacements for an Intel 80386 processor and 80387 FPU. Since the DX variant has a working on-chip FPU, a dummy FPU package is supplied to go in the 387 FPU socket.
  • rapidity — a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
  • rapiered — wearing or carrying a rapier
  • rareripe — ripening early.
  • raspings — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
  • rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
  • rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
  • repacify — to pacify again
  • repaired — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
  • repairer — a person or thing that repairs.
  • replicar — a custom-made or individually produced automobile whose body is a copy of a vintage or classic automobile.
  • repraise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
  • reptilia — the class comprising the reptiles.
  • rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
  • rifampin — a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 4 3 H 5 8 N 4 O 1 2 , used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, asymptomatic carriers of meningococcal disease, and leprosy.
  • riparian — of, relating to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
  • rippable — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
  • roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
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