8-letter words containing s, i, r, o
- oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- overskip — to skip over
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overspin — topspin.
- overstir — to stir too much
- overswim — to swim across
- overwise — excessively or unusually wise: overwise for a child of her age.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- paraison — parison.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- piroshki — small turnovers or dumplings with a filling, as of meat or fruit.
- piscator — fisherman.
- pisiform — having the shape of a pea; pea-shaped.
- pissarro — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1830–1903, French painter.
- pisspoor — of extremely inferior or disappointing quality or rating.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poisoner — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poitiers — a city in SE France, on the Rhone River, S of Lyons: Roman ruins.
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- poriness — the state or condition of being porous; porosity
- poristic — of or relating to a porism
- porkfish — a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- porosity — the state or quality of being porous.
- porpoise — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- portside — situated on the port side
- positron — an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postriot — of or relating to the period after a riot
- poxvirus — any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- pression — an act of pressing
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- previsor — to foresee.
- primrose — Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of.
- primrosy — characteristic of, or resembling, a primrose (esp in colour)