8-letter words containing as
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- potestas — the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
- prebasal — (in biology) located in front of a base, or in front of a basal part
- 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
- 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.
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- prepaste — to paste in advance
- pretaste — a taste of what may be experienced later
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- quasheba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- quashing — Present participle of quash.
- quassias — Plural form of quassia.
- queasier — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- queasily — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- radwaste — radioactive waste.
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- rakshasa — a demon in Hindu mythology
- rascally — being, characteristic of, or befitting a rascal.
- rascasse — any of several scorpionfishes, as Scorpaena scrofa or S. porcus, of the Mediterranean Sea, used in making bouillabaisse.
- rashness — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- rasmalai — an Indian dessert made from cheese, milk, and almonds
- rasorial — given to scratching the ground for food, as chickens; gallinaceous.
- raspings — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- re-lease — to lease again.
- reascend — to ascend again
- reascent — a further ascent
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- reassail — to assail (someone or something) again
- reassert — to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver: He asserted his innocence of the crime.
- reassess — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- reassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- reassist — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- reassort — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- reassume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- reassure — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- red mass — a votive Mass of the Holy Ghost said as a blessing for the legal profession.
- refasten — to fasten again
- rehashed — to work up (old material) in a new form.
- released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- releasee — (in property law) a person to whom an estate is released
- releaser — a person or thing that releases.
- releasor — a person who releases an estate to someone else
- remaster — to make a new master tape or record from an old master tape, usually to improve the fidelity of an old recording.