8-letter words containing s, p, e, a
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polestar — Polaris.
- poseable — able to be posed or manipulated into poses
- postages — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- potatoes — Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- potestas — the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praesepe — an open star cluster in the center of the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- pre-sale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- prebasal — (in biology) located in front of a base, or in front of a basal part
- precrash — of or pertaining to the period before a crash, esp of a motor vehicle; coming into effect or being deployed prior to a crash
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- prelease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- prepaste — to paste in advance
- presager — a presentiment or foreboding.
- preshape — to shape beforehand so as to be ready for use
- preshave — a liquid preparation, usually containing alcohol, for applying to the face to dry the skin and beard before shaving with an electric razor.
- pressfat — a wine vat
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- pretaste — a taste of what may be experienced later
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- 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.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- psammite — any sandstone.
- 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.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- rapeseed — the seed of the rape.
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.