8-letter words containing s, p, e, r
- 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.
- 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-loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- pre-sale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- pre-sell — To pre-sell a product to promote it with publicity before it comes on to the market.
- 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
- prebless — to bless beforehand, esp to bless a couple before they marry
- precents — to lead as a precentor in singing.
- precepts — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precised — a concise summary.
- preclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- 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
- precurse — a foreshadowing or precursing
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- prefixes — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- preggers — pregnant1 (def 1).
- preissue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- 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.
- premiers — the winners of a premiership
- premised — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- premises — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- premorse — having the end irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken off.
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- prepaste — to paste in advance
- prepense — planned or intended in advance; premeditated.
- prepress — of or relating to all operations other than the preparation of the press that are required in preparing a job for printing.
- prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
- prerinse — a preliminary rinse before further treatment
- presager — a presentiment or foreboding.
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- prescore — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- 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.
- presence — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- presents — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- 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.