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

  • 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
  • potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
  • 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.
  • preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
  • preallot — to allot in advance
  • predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
  • premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
  • 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).
  • pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
  • pretoria — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
  • priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
  • profiter — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
  • promoted — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
  • promoter — a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
  • prompted — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
  • prompter — Commerce. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note) the contract setting the time limit.
  • property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
  • prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
  • prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
  • 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.
  • protegee — a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.
  • 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
  • proteome — the entire complement of proteins found in an organism over its entire life cycle, or in a particular cell type at a particular time under defined environmental conditions.
  • proteose — any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
  • protero- — anterior or former in time, place, order, etc
  • protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
  • protrude — to project.
  • proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
  • pteropod — belonging or pertaining to the Pteropoda, a group of mollusks having the lateral portions of the foot expanded into winglike lobes used in swimming.
  • put over — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
  • recaptor — someone who recaptures something that had been taken
  • receptor — Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
  • reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
  • reexport — to export again, as imported goods.
  • reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
  • reported — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • reporter — a person who reports.
  • resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
  • retepore — any bryozoan of the family Reteporidae which forms colonies that have a networklike structure.
  • ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
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