8-letter words containing r, e, p, o, a
- prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- psoralea — any plant of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Psoralea, having curly leaves, white or purple flowers, and short one-seeded pods
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- pyorrhea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.
- rape oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- reaphook — a sickle
- recaptor — someone who recaptures something that had been taken
- repo man — a person who is employed to take back or repossess property, esp because of failure to make payments under a hire-purchase agreement
- reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reproval — the act of reproving.
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- roleplay — to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
- ropeable — ropable.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sapropel — mud consisting chiefly of decomposed organic matter formed at the bottom of a stagnant sea or lake.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- sporades — two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean: the Northern Sporades, lying northeast of Euboea, and the Southern Sporades, which include the Dodecanese and lie off the SW coast of Turkey
- tapadero — tapadera.
- tapeworm — any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.
- teardrop — a tear or something suggesting a tear: A single teardrop rolled down her face.
- temporal — of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
- teraflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand billion floating-point operations a second
- tetrapod — any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
- to spare — more than is required
- top gear — the highest gear in a motor vehicle
- topmaker — a wool dealer who specializes in selling wool tops to spinners
- trappose — relating to traprock
- tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
- walloper — to beat soundly; thrash.
- warpower — the ability to wage war
- waterpot — A pot or jug for holding water.
- waterpox — chickenpox
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- wrapover — (of a garment, esp a skirt) not sewn up at one side, but worn wrapped round the body and fastened so that the open edges overlap
- zooperal — of or relating to zoopery