8-letter words containing p, s, o, r
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- improves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- incorpse — to incorporate
- iriscope — an instrument that displays the prismatic colours, consisting of a polished black glass which is breathed upon via a tube
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- isoprene — a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- isospory — the condition of having spores of only one kind
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jodhpurs — Also called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
- kasparov — Gary or Garry, born 1963, Armenian chess player.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- lopgrass — a species of smooth-bladed grass, Bromus mollis
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- marsport — a spoilsport
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- misproud — unreasonably proud.
- momparas — Plural form of mompara.
- morosoph — (obsolete) A philosophical or learned fool.
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- nephrons — Plural form of nephron.
- nol-pros — to end by a nolle prosequi.
- oosphere — an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.
- oospores — Plural form of oospore.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.
- opposers — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- outcrops — Plural form of outcrop.
- outports — Plural form of outport.
- outpours — Plural form of outpour.
- outpress — to press out
- outsport — to sport in excess of
- outstrip — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- overpass — a road, pedestrian walkway, railroad, bridge, etc., crossing over some barrier, as another road or walkway.
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- overpost — to hurry over
- overskip — to skip over
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overspin — topspin.
- overstep — to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one's authority.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.