8-letter words containing p, r, o, n
- poitrine — a woman's bosom
- poltroon — a wretched coward; craven.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- pondered — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ponderer — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- pontormo — Jacopo da (ˈjaːkopo da). original name Jacopo Carrucci. 1494–1556, Italian mannerist painter
- poorness — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- poriness — the state or condition of being porous; porosity
- porkling — a young pig; piglet
- pornaoke — an entertainment in which members of an audience emit lustful utterances in synchronization with those seen on a pornographic film played silently on a large screen
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- pornomag — pornographic magazine
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- portolan — a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc
- positron — an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- powering — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- prenomen — praenomen.
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- press on — continue, persevere
- pression — an act of pressing
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- preunion — a meeting in advance of a permanent union
- printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
- prisoner — a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- pro bono — for the public good or welfare.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- procinct — the state of preparedness
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- prodnose — an inquisitive person
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profaner — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- proggins — a university proctor
- prognose — to predict the course of (disease)
- prolamin — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- prolonge — a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
- pronator — Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- 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.
- proofing — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- propanol — a colourless alcohol
- propenol — an organic compound used to make allyl alcohol
- propense — having a tendency toward; prone; inclined.
- propenyl — containing the propenyl group.