5-letter words containing a, p, r
- patri — Angelo [an-juh-loh] /ˈæn dʒəˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.
- paver — a person or thing that paves.
- pawer — the foot of an animal having claws.
- payer — the act of paying or being paid; payment.
- payor — A payor is a person who makes a payment.
- 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.
- perak — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 7980 sq. mi. (20,668 sq. km). Capital: Ipoh.
- 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.
- phar. — pharmaceutical
- phare — a beacon or watchtower to guide seafarers
- pharm — pharmaceutical
- pharr — a city in S Texas.
- picra — a powder made up of aloes and canella which is used as a laxative or digestive cleanser
- pilar — of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- pirai — a piranha fish
- piran — Saint. died c.480 ad, monk probably from Ireland who settled in Cornwall, giving his name to Perranporth. His flag, a white cross on a black background, is Cornwall's standard. Feast day: March 5
- piura — a city in N Peru.
- polar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- porae — a large edible sea fish, Nemadactylus douglasi, of New Zealand waters
- poral — of or relating to pores
- porea — Port Office Regional Employees Association
- porta — an aperture in an organ, such as the liver, esp one providing an opening for blood vessels
- pparc — Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
- prado — an art gallery in Madrid housing an important collection of Spanish paintings
- prae- — pre-
- praha — a city in and the capital of the Czech Republic, in the W central part, on the Vltava: formerly capital of Czechoslovakia.
- prahu — proa.
- praia — a republic consisting of a group of islands (Cape Verde Islands) in the Atlantic, W of Senegal in W Africa: formerly an overseas territory of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 1557 sq. mi. (4033 sq. km). Capital: Praia.
- prana — Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- prang — to collide with; bump into.
- prank — a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- praos — proa.
- prase — a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate — to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
- prato — a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- pratt — Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- prawn — any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
- prays — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- 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.
- prial — (in cards) a pair-royal
- priam — a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- prima — (of a female) first among equals.
- pruta — prutah.
- psora — psoriasis.
- purda — the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers, practiced by some Muslims and Hindus.
- pyral — relating to a pyre