8-letter words containing p, o, u, r
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
- procurer — a person who procures, especially a pander or pimp.
- produced — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producer — a person who produces.
- profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- pronotum — the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- pronouns — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- propound — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- propoxur — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 3 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide against a wide variety of insects.
- proprium — a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.
- prorogue — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
- prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
- protrude — to project.
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.
- proud of — highly pleased with or exulting in
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proudful — proud; full of pride.
- proudhon — Pierre Joseph [pyer zhaw-zef] /pyɛr ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1809–65, French socialist and writer.
- proudish — rather proud
- prounion — the act of uniting two or more things.
- provirus — a viral form that is incorporated into the genetic material of a host cell.
- prud'hon — Pierre Paul [pyer pawl] /pyɛr pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Pierre Prudon) 1758–1823, French painter.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- pull for — favour, support
- pullover — Also called slipover. a garment, especially a sweater, that must be drawn over the head to be put on.
- pulmotor — an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pundonor — a point of honour
- puriform — resembling pus; purulent.
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- puruloid — resembling pus.
- purveyor — a person who purveys, provides, or supplies: a purveyor of foods; a purveyor of lies.
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- put over — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- recouped — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- reoccupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- replough — to plough again
- repousse — (of a design) raised in relief by hammering on the reverse side.
- resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rough up — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- round up — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- runproof — made to resist unraveling, runs, or running, as stockings or dyes.