8-letter words containing p, o, l, r
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- portless — a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- portolan — a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- pourable — able to be poured
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- pre-loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- preallot — to allot in advance
- preclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- preloved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- premodel — a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.
- 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.
- premould — to mould in advance
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- presolve — to solve beforehand
- pro-life — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
- probably — in all likelihood; very likely: He will probably attend.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profiler — any of several types of machine tools for reproducing shapes in metal or other materials from a master form.
- prolabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- 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.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- prolifer — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- prolific — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prolog-2 — An implementation of Edinburgh Prolog by Nick Henfrey, ESL.
- 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.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- promptly — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- propanol — a colourless alcohol
- propenol — an organic compound used to make allyl alcohol
- propenyl — containing the propenyl group.
- properly — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- prophyll — one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow
- propolis — a reddish resinous cement collected by bees from the buds of trees, used to stop up crevices in the hives, strengthen the cells, etc.
- proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
- propylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the propyl group.