8-letter words containing r, e, t, o, p, i
- 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.
- priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- 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.
- 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.
- reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- ripe rot — a disease of fruit or vegetable storage organs at the ripening stage, caused by any of several fungi or bacteria and characterized by spotting and rapid decay.
- rispetto — a form of folk verse from Tuscany
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- sportive — playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.
- tip over — to cause to assume a slanting or sloping position; incline; tilt.
- topliner — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- triptote — a word that has only three cases
- trophied — adorned with trophies.