8-letter words containing p, r, o, c
- piciform — of or relating to birds belonging to the six families which make up the order Piciformes. The best-known of these six is the Picidae family and the entire order is made up of mainly tree-haunting birds
- pickford — Mary (Gladys Marie Smith) 1893–1979, U.S. motion-picture actress, born in Canada.
- picloram — a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- picogram — one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
- piscator — fisherman.
- plectron — plectrum.
- pocketer — a person who pockets something
- pockmark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- podocarp — a stem which supports fruit
- poechore — a dry region
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
- poor cod — Trisopterus minutus; a small member of the cod family
- poristic — of or relating to a porism
- porkchop — a chop of pork.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- pre-echo — something that has preceded and anticipated something else; precursor
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- prescore — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- proceeds — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- prochoos — an elongated form of the oinochoe.
- procinct — the state of preparedness
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- 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.
- prolific — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prophecy — the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- propylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the propyl group.
- prosecco — (sometimes lowercase) a variety of white wine, usually a sparkling wine, produced in several regions of northern Italy.
- prosodic — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- protocol — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protonic — a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- protract — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provence — a region in SE France, bordering on the Mediterranean: formerly a province; famous for medieval poetry and courtly traditions.
- province — an administrative division or unit of a country.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.