7-letter words containing d, e, p, r
- predive — happening or carried out before a dive
- predoom — to pronounce or preordain (someone or something's) doom beforehand
- predusk — the period before dusk
- prefade — to play a recording before fading it for transmission
- prefund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- prehend — to take hold of
- preload — If someone preloads, they drink a lot of alcohol before they go out for a social occasion.
- prelude — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- premade — made in advance
- preneed — arranged or made available in advance of eventual requirements
- prepaid — to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan.
- prepend — (jargon) /pree'pend'/ (by analogy with "append") To prefix or add to the beginning.
- prepped — preparatory school.
- preside — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presold — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- pressed — fruit juice: squeezed
- pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- printed — produced by printing
- proceed — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- prodded — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- prodder — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- produce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- progged — to search or prowl about, as for plunder or food; forage.
- pronged — having prongs (often used in combination): a four-pronged fork.
- propend — to incline or tend.
- propped — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- prossed — to exhibit pride or haughtiness; put on airs.
- proteid — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protend — to stretch forth.
- prouder — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- prowled — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- prudent — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- prudery — excessive propriety or modesty in speech, conduct, etc.
- pryderi — the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon who was stolen by Gwawl shortly after his birth and was restored to his parents a few years later.
- purpled — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- pursued — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- raphide — any of numerous needle-shaped crystals, usually of calcium oxalate, that occur in many plant cells as a metabolic product
- rapider — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- read up — study, research
- readapt — to adapt (a person or thing) again or (of a person or thing) to adapt again
- readopt — to adopt (a person, procedure, law, etc) again
- red-top — a tabloid newspaper characterized by sensationalism
- redpoll — either of two small fringilline birds, Carduelis flammea or C. hornemanni, of northern North America and Eurasia, the adults of which have a crimson crown patch.
- remiped — having feet adapted for use as oars.
- replead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- replied — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
- reposed — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- reputed — reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.
- respade — to dig over; dig up or work (ground etc) with a spade again