8-letter words containing p, r, i, e, t
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- prehnite — a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- prelimit — to limit within bounds beforehand: The chairman prelimited his speech to 10 minutes.
- premiate — to grant a prize or an award to.
- prentice — a male given name.
- preprint — an advance printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.
- presplit — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- prestige — reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- preterit — past (def 12).
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- pretoria — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- pretrain — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- pretrial — a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
- prettier — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- pretties — pretty women
- prettify — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- prettily — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- preunite — to unite in advance
- previsit — to visit beforehand
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- printery — (formerly) an establishment for typographic printing.
- priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- pristine — having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- profiter — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- 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.
- prurient — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- pulpiter — a preacher
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purtiest — pretty.
- pyritize — to convert into pyrites
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
- receipts — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reptiles — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- reptilia — the class comprising the reptiles.
- rescript — a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- rip-tide — a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- ripe rot — a disease of fruit or vegetable storage organs at the ripening stage, caused by any of several fungi or bacteria and characterized by spotting and rapid decay.
- rispetto — a form of folk verse from Tuscany
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scripter — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- 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.
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.