8-letter words containing p, r, o, m
- promulge — to promulgate.
- pronotum — the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- proprium — a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.
- prosaism — prosaic character or style.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
- 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.
- proxemic — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- pulmotor — an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
- puriform — resembling pus; purulent.
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- pyriform — pear-shaped.
- pyrosome — a member of a genus, Pyrosoma, of colonial tunicates found in tropical open waters, the sole genus of the order Pyrosomida, which consists of brightly phosphorescent, translucent individuals united into a hollow tube closed at one end
- reemploy — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- repo man — a person who is employed to take back or repossess property, esp because of failure to make payments under a hire-purchase agreement
- road map — a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.
- rollmops — a fillet of fresh herring rolled up on a pickle or onion and marinated
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- slipform — a moveable mould for building large concrete structures such as roads, towers and bridges
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- stompers — stamp (defs 1–3).
- supermom — a mother who successfully manages a household and cares for her children while holding a job or being active in her community.
- tapeworm — any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.
- temporal — of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
- topmaker — a wool dealer who specializes in selling wool tops to spinners
- trimorph — a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
- tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
- tupamaro — any of a group of Marxist urban guerrillas in Uruguay
- unprompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- vamphorn — a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.
- whipworm — any of several parasitic nematodes of the genus Trichuris, having a long, slender, whiplike anterior end.
- zoomorph — of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal.
- zoosperm — Botany, Mycology Archaic. zoospore.