8-letter words containing s, p, o, r, u
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- porously — full of pores.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- 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.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- pronouns — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proudish — rather proud
- provirus — a viral form that is incorporated into the genetic material of a host cell.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- repousse — (of a design) raised in relief by hammering on the reverse side.
- resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- saporous — full of flavor or taste; flavorful.
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- scorpius — a large zodiacal constellation lying between Libra and Sagittarius and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Antares
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- sober up — recover from being drunk
- soporous — sleepy.
- sourpuss — a person having a grouchy disposition that is often accompanied by a scowling facial expression.
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- store up — save, keep in reserve
- subgroup — a subordinate group; a division of a group.
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- subprior — a monk junior to a prior
- sundrops — any of various plants of the genus Oenothera, of the evening primrose family, having flowers that bloom during the day.
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- sunproof — impervious to sunlight or damage by the rays of the sun.
- supercop — an exceptionally capable or powerful police officer
- supercow — a dairy cow that produces a very high milk yield as a result of selective breeding or genetic modification