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8-letter words containing p, r, o, s, t

  • 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.
  • prestore — Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
  • prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
  • prosaist — a person who writes prose.
  • prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
  • prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
  • prostoon — (in classical architecture) a portico.
  • prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
  • protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
  • protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
  • 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.
  • protense — extension in time
  • proteose — any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
  • protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
  • protists — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
  • proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
  • pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
  • pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
  • rapports — relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
  • reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
  • resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
  • rispetto — a form of folk verse from Tuscany
  • sculptor — artist who sculpts
  • serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
  • soaproot — any plant of the genus Chlorogalum whose roots may be used as a soap substitute
  • soapwort — a plant, Saponaria officinalis, of the pink family, whose leaves are used for cleansing.
  • sorption — the state or process of being sorbed.
  • sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
  • spectro- — indicating a spectrum
  • sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
  • sportive — playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.
  • sprocket — Machinery. Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain. one tooth of such a wheel.
  • starspot — a dark patch on the surface of a star
  • stepford — blandly conformist and submissive
  • stepover — an instance of raising the foot over the ball while in possession in order to wrong-foot an opponent
  • stolport — short take-off and landing airport: an airport designed for aircraft that can do short take-offs and landings and only require a short runway
  • stompers — stamp (defs 1–3).
  • stopover — a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
  • stoppard — Tom (Thomas Straussler) born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.
  • stopword — any of a number of very commonly used words, as a, and, in, and to, that are normally excluded by computer search engines or when compiling a concordance.
  • store up — save, keep in reserve
  • strepto- — indicating a shape resembling a twisted chain
  • strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
  • stropper — a person who strops.
  • superhot — extremely hot
  • tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
  • to press — to be printed
  • to spare — more than is required
  • topcross — an animal resulting from the mating of animals between different family lines within the same breed
  • topscore — to be the highest scorer in a sports match or competition
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