8-letter words containing p, e, r, i, o
- fire pot — the part of a household furnace in which the fire is made.
- firepole — A fixed metal pole, installed in a multi-storey building or firehouse, that allows the occupants to quickly descend floors.
- firestop — any object built into a building frame to block a concealed hollow space through which a fire might pass from one part of the building to another.
- floppier — Comparative form of floppy.
- foreship — the prow or forepart of a ship
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines
- gossiper — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- groupies — Plural form of groupie.
- heliport — a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- implored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- implorer — One who implores.
- implores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implore.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- imported — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- importee — an imported person or thing.
- importer — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- improper — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
- improved — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improver — a person or thing that improves.
- improves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve.
- in power — in authority
- inceptor — to take in; ingest.
- incorpse — to incorporate
- interpol — an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- iriscope — an instrument that displays the prismatic colours, consisting of a polished black glass which is breathed upon via a tube
- isoprene — a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- jerepigo — a usually red heavy dessert wine
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leporide — a Belgian hare formerly believed to be a hybrid of the European rabbit and hare.
- leporine — of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
- mirepoix — a flavoring made from diced vegetables, seasonings, herbs, and sometimes meat, often placed in a pan to cook with meat or fish.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- occupier — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- open-air — existing in, taking place in, or characteristic of the open air; outdoor: The orchestra gave three open-air concerts last summer.
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- opificer — someone who makes something; a craftsman
- orpiment — a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- outprize — to prize more highly than or beyond the proper value of
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.