8-letter words containing d, e, i, r
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- pedigree — an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
- pedro ii — (Dom Pedro II) 1825–91, emperor of Brazil 1831–89.
- per diem — by the day; for each day.
- periderm — Botany. the cork-producing tissue of stems together with the cork layers and other tissues derived from it.
- peridial — of or pertaining to the peridium
- peridium — the outer enveloping coat of the fruit body in many fungi.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- periodid — kind of iodide
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- perseids — the heavy meteor showers visible annually about Aug. 12: they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus
- picrated — containing picrate
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- pierides — the Muses
- piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- 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.
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- portside — situated on the port side
- praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- pre-edit — to edit in advance
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- 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.
- prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- precised — a concise summary.
- precited — cited previously
- predrill — to drill holes in (something) or to drill (holes) in advance
- prefixed — A word or code number that is prefixed by one or more letters or numbers has them as its prefix.
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- preludio — a musical prelude
- premised — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- presided — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presider — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- prewired — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- prideful — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- provided — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provider — Internet Access Provider
- purified — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyridine — a colorless, flammable, liquid organic base, C 5 H 5 N, having a disagreeable odor, usually obtained from coal or synthesized from acetaldehyde and ammonia: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- qadarite — a member of the Qadariyah.