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.