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

  • potiphar — the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
  • pourable — able to be poured
  • prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
  • preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
  • preallot — to allot in advance
  • preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
  • predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
  • 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.
  • preradio — before the invention of radio
  • pretoria — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
  • priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
  • pro rata — proportionately
  • pro-rata — proportionately determined: a pro-rata share of income.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
  • profaner — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
  • proforma — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
  • 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.
  • prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
  • programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
  • prograph — (language)   A visual dataflow programming language and environment from the Technical University of Halifax. Prograph is an entirely graphical visual programming language, other than for the text of method names, and supports the program development process in a highly-interactive fashion. Operation icons are connected by data links through which information flows. It supports object orientation via class-based data abstraction with single inheritance. Prograph is available for the Macintosh, and soon for Windows and Unix, from TGS Systems.
  • 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.
  • prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
  • pronator — Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
  • proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
  • proppant — (in oil extraction) a material used in hydraulic rock fracturing in order to keep the fissures open and thereby aid extraction
  • prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
  • prosaism — prosaic character or style.
  • prosaist — a person who writes prose.
  • proseman — a writer of prose
  • prosomal — relating to a prosoma
  • prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
  • protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
  • protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
  • protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
  • protocal — (spelling)   It's spelled "protocol".
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