8-letter words containing pr
- n-prolog — Prolog extended with explicit negation. Dov Gabbay <[email protected]>.
- naproxen — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory substance, C 1 4 H 1 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the management of certain types of arthritis and as a painkiller.
- neoprene — an oil-resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes.
- nol-pros — to end by a nolle prosequi.
- nonprint — of, relating to, or consisting of other than printed matter: Slide shows, slide-tape presentations, and video are nonprint media.
- offprint — Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
- oilproof — resistant to oil
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- outpreen — to exceed in preening
- outpress — to press out
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- outprize — to prize more highly than or beyond the proper value of
- p-prolog — (language) A parallel logic language.
- paul pry — an inquisitive, meddlesome person.
- pinprick — any minute puncture made by a pin or the like.
- pit prop — a wooden beam used to prop up the roof of a tunnel in a coal mine
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praecipe — any of various legal writs commanding a defendant to do something or to appear and show why it should not be done.
- praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- praefect — a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- praelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- praesepe — an open star cluster in the center of the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye.
- prairial — the month of meadows: the ninth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from May 21 to June 19
- praising — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prakriti — (in Sankhya philosophy) primal matter or substance from which the physical and mental universe evolves under the influence of purusha.
- prancing — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- prandial — of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- pranking — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- pratfall — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- prattler — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- pratyeka — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- pre-aged — (used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the): We must have improved medical care for the aged.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- pre-bake — to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
- pre-date — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- pre-dawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- pre-draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- pre-echo — something that has preceded and anticipated something else; precursor
- pre-edit — to edit in advance
- pre-empt — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- pre-loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- pre-sale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- pre-sell — To pre-sell a product to promote it with publicity before it comes on to the market.
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- pre-teen — A pre-teen is a child aged between nine and thirteen.