8-letter words containing s, p, e, r
- prophesy — to foretell or predict.
- prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- proposed — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- proposer — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- prosecco — (sometimes lowercase) a variety of white wine, usually a sparkling wine, produced in several regions of northern Italy.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospero — (in Shakespeare's The Tempest) the exiled Duke of Milan, who is a magician.
- prospers — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- 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.
- prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
- 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).
- proverbs — a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pseudery — pretentious talk
- 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
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- purseful — an amount which can be contained in a purse
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- purtiest — pretty.
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrenees — mountains between France and Spain
- pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- pyrosome — a member of a genus, Pyrosoma, of colonial tunicates found in tropical open waters, the sole genus of the order Pyrosomida, which consists of brightly phosphorescent, translucent individuals united into a hollow tube closed at one end
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- rapeseed — the seed of the rape.
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- re-press — to press again; esp., to make new copies of (a recording) from the original master
- receipts — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- redilisp — R.M. Keller, U Utah. Dialect of Lisp used on the Rediflow machine, a derivative of FEL.
- reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
- reimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- reoppose — to oppose again
- reperuse — to peruse again or afresh