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

  • powerset — (mathematics)   The powerset of a set S is the set of possible subsets of S, usually written PS.
  • preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
  • preallot — to allot in advance
  • predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
  • premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • printout — output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.
  • prior to — before, earlier than
  • priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
  • priority — the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc.
  • privy to — knowing: sth confidential
  • pro rata — proportionately
  • pro-rata — proportionately determined: a pro-rata share of income.
  • procinct — the state of preparedness
  • proditor — a traitor
  • 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.
  • prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
  • prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
  • promoted — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
  • promoter — a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
  • prompted — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
  • prompter — Commerce. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note) the contract setting the time limit.
  • promptly — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
  • 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.
  • property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
  • prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
  • proppant — (in oil extraction) a material used in hydraulic rock fracturing in order to keep the fissures open and thereby aid extraction
  • prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
  • 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.
  • protegee — a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.
  • 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
  • proteome — the entire complement of proteins found in an organism over its entire life cycle, or in a particular cell type at a particular time under defined environmental conditions.
  • proteose — any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
  • protero- — anterior or former in time, place, order, 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.
  • protocal — (spelling)   It's spelled "protocol".
  • protocol — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
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