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8-letter words containing p, r, a, i, s

  • phrasing — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
  • pilaster — a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
  • pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
  • pingrass — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, with fernlike leaves
  • piranesi — Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
  • piscator — fisherman.
  • pissarro — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1830–1903, French painter.
  • plaister — plaster.
  • pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
  • polarise — to cause polarization in.
  • practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
  • praising — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
  • prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
  • priapism — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
  • primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
  • priscian — flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
  • pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
  • pristina — the capital city of Kosovo, S Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro: site of 1389 battle against Turks and center of modern Kosovar (Albanian) separatist movement.
  • privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
  • prosaism — prosaic character or style.
  • prosaist — a person who writes prose.
  • protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
  • protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
  • prussian — of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants.
  • puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
  • pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
  • raspings — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
  • rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
  • repraise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
  • samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
  • sapphira — a woman who, with her husband, Ananias, was struck dead for lying. Acts 5.
  • sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
  • sapremia — blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
  • saprobic — saprophyte.
  • scarfpin — tiepin.
  • scraping — an act or instance of scraping.
  • sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
  • septaria — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
  • seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • seraphim — a plural of seraph.
  • seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
  • shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
  • shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
  • sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
  • sharpish — If you do something sharpish, you do it quickly, without any delay.
  • shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
  • skip car — an open car for charging a blast furnace.
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