8-letter words containing r, o, s, e, t
- poitiers — a city in SE France, on the Rhone River, S of Lyons: Roman ruins.
- polestar — Polaris.
- pollster — a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
- popstrel — a young, attractive female pop star
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- portesse — a small book of prayers, psalms, hymns, etc
- portless — a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- portress — a woman who has charge of a door or gate; a female doorkeeper.
- portside — situated on the port side
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postgres — (database) An active DBMS developed at the University of California at Berkeley by a team led by Michael Stonebraker (1986-1994). Postgres was later taken by Illustra and developed into a commercial product, which in turn was bought by Informix and integrated into their product, Universal Server.
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- powerset — (mathematics) The powerset of a set S is the set of possible subsets of S, usually written PS.
- 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.
- 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.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- 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.
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- quaestor — one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- rearmost — farthest in the rear; last.
- reassort — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
- redstone — a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
- reforest — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- remotest — far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
- resistor — a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- resmooth — to make smooth again
- resoften — to make or become soft again
- resolute — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- resorted — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- resorter — a person who frequently goes to recreation resorts.
- resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- restoral — restoration.
- restorer — person who mends antiques
- restroom — rooms or a room having a washbowl, toilet, and other facilities for use by employees, visitors, etc., as in a store, theater, or office.
- retrorse — turned backward.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.