8-letter words containing p, a, r, m
- pattamar — a courier; a person who delivers messages on foot
- paynimry — paganism
- pearmain — any of several varieties of apple having a red skin
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- perelman — S(idney) J(oseph) 1904–79, U.S. author.
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pergamum — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- permeant — permeating; pervading.
- permease — any of the proteins that mediate the transport of various molecules across biological membranes.
- permeate — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- peterman — a safecracker.
- pharmacy — Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
- pharming — the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
- picloram — a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- picogram — one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
- pig farm — a farm where pigs are kept and reared
- pin mark — the circular indentation on the upper part of a type body, made by the pin that ejects the type from the caster.
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plumular — relating to the plumule of a plant
- pockmark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- 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.
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- pornomag — pornographic magazine
- porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- preamble — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- preflame — of the period before combustion
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- preimage — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- premiate — to grant a prize or an award to.
- premolar — situated in front of the molar teeth.
- premoral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- priapism — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- primally — in a primal manner
- primatal — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- prizeman — a man who wins a prize
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- proforma — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- 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.