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8-letter words containing s, p, o, t, e

  • postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
  • postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
  • postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
  • posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
  • postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
  • postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
  • postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
  • postpose — to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” in “put out the light” is postposed in “put the light out.”.
  • postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
  • postrace — designating the period after a race
  • postteen — a person older than a teenager; young adult
  • posttest — an achievement test administered after a course of instruction.
  • 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.
  • pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
  • potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
  • potstone — a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
  • powerset — (mathematics)   The powerset of a set S is the set of possible subsets of S, usually written PS.
  • 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.
  • prestore — Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
  • prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
  • prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
  • resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
  • rispetto — a form of folk verse from Tuscany
  • saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
  • saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
  • serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
  • set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • setpoint — the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure.
  • side pot — (in poker with table stakes) a second or subsequent pot, separate from the main pot, created when a player's entire table stake has been bet in a main pot or another side pot and other players want to continue betting.
  • sinopite — a clay-like mineral containing iron oxides
  • siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
  • sleepout — a place, such as an outbuilding or porch, used for sleeping away from the main building
  • smokepot — a pot or device for producing smoke or a vapour resembling smoke
  • sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
  • soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
  • soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
  • spathose — spathaceous.
  • speak to — talk or converse with
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