8-letter words containing p, o, s, e, i
- poriness — the state or condition of being porous; porosity
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- porpoise — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- portside — situated on the port side
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.
- possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- pression — an act of pressing
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- previsor — to foresee.
- primrose — Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of.
- prioress — a woman holding a position corresponding to that of a prior, sometimes ranking next below an abbess.
- prisoner — a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- promisee — a person to whom a promise is made.
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- reimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- rispetto — a form of folk verse from Tuscany
- ropiness — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- rose hip — hip2 .
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- semiopen — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- setpoint — the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure.
- side pot — (in poker with table stakes) a second or subsequent pot, separate from the main pot, created when a player's entire table stake has been bet in a main pot or another side pot and other players want to continue betting.
- sinopite — a clay-like mineral containing iron oxides
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- ski pole — a slender pole or stick, usually with a metal point at one end, a loop for the hand at the other, and a disk near the lower end to prevent its sinking into snow, used in skiing to gain momentum, maintain balance, execute certain jumps, etc.
- slipover — of or denoting a garment that can be put on easily over the head
- slipsole — an insole placed in a shoe for warmth or to adjust the size.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
- spoonier — foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- sportive — playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.