8-letter words containing a, d, p, e, r
- pedalier — the pedal-board of an organ, piano, etc
- pedaller — a person who pedals
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- peridial — of or pertaining to the peridium
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- picrated — containing picrate
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- pillared — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- 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-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).
- preadapt — to undergo pre-adaptation.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- predated — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- predeath — occurring before or in the lead-up to death; of or pertaining to the period immediately prior to death
- predella — the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small paintings or reliefs.
- predraft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- predrawn — 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).
- prefaced — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefaded — given a faded or worn look beforehand (as of jeans, etc)
- pregrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- prepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
- prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- 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.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- rapeseed — the seed of the rape.
- rapiered — wearing or carrying a rapier
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- recapped — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.