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5-letter words containing a, p, e

  • pearl — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
  • pears — the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
  • peart — lively; brisk; cheerful.
  • peary — Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
  • pease — a pea.
  • peaty — of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
  • peavy — peavey.
  • pecan — a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
  • pedal — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
  • pedia — a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
  • peipa — Pilot European Image Processing Archive
  • pekan — the fisher, Martes pennanti.
  • pella — a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
  • pelma — the sole of the foot
  • pelta — a small shield, usually crescent shaped, used in ancient times
  • pemba — an island near the E coast of equatorial Africa: formerly part of Zanzibar protectorate; now a part of Tanzania. 164,321; 380 sq. mi. (984 sq. km).
  • penal — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
  • penda — died 655 ad, king of Mercia (?634–55)
  • penna — a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
  • penza — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.
  • pepla — a short full flounce or an extension of a garment below the waist, covering the hips.
  • perak — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 7980 sq. mi. (20,668 sq. km). Capital: Ipoh.
  • pesah — Also called Pesach, Pesah. a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
  • peta- — prefix
  • petal — one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
  • petra — an ancient Arab kingdom of SW Asia, in the area of present-day Jordan, that became a Roman province in a.d. 106. Capital: Petra.
  • phage — bacteriophage.
  • phare — a beacon or watchtower to guide seafarers
  • phase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
  • pheba — (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)
  • piave — a river in NE Italy, flowing S and SE into the Adriatic. 137 miles (220 km) long.
  • pieta — a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
  • pilea — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
  • place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • plage — a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
  • plane — plane tree.
  • plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
  • plead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
  • pleas — an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
  • pleat — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
  • plena — the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
  • poake — a waste matter from the tanning of hides
  • porae — a large edible sea fish, Nemadactylus douglasi, of New Zealand waters
  • porea — Port Office Regional Employees Association
  • potae — a hat
  • prae- — pre-
  • prase — a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
  • prate — to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
  • presa — a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
  • preta — a wandering or disturbed ghost.
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