8-letter words containing p, e, r, g
- pregnant — convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.
- pregrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- preimage — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- prejudge — to judge beforehand.
- prelegal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- prepping — preparatory school.
- presager — a presentiment or foreboding.
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- prestige — reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- preweigh — to weigh beforehand
- priggery — the conduct or character of a prig.
- 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.
- prognose — to predict the course of (disease)
- prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
- 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.
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- prolonge — a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- prophage — a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
- prorogue — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
- protegee — a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.
- puggaree — pugree.
- repining — to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- replough — to plough again
- replunge — the act of replunging
- respighi — Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
- respring — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- spangler — a person who spangles
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spengler — Oswald [oz-wawld;; German aws-vahlt] /ˈɒz wɔld;; German ˈɔs vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1880–1936, German philosopher.
- splurger — a person who splurges
- sprangle — to struggle or sprawl with limbs spread out wide
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- springer — a person or thing that springs.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- superbug — a pathogenic bacterium that has developed immunity to antibiotics, or an insect that has developed immunity to insecticides.
- superego — the part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behavior.
- supergun — any extremely powerful gun
- tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- top gear — the highest gear in a motor vehicle
- umpirage — the office or authority of an umpire.
- unpurged — not purged of impurities