8-letter words containing d, e, p, r
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- peddlery — the business of a peddler.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- 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.
- 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.
- peppered — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
- per diem — by the day; for each day.
- perdendo — (of a piece of music) getting gradually quieter and dying away
- perfumed — Something such as fruit or wine that is perfumed has a sweet pleasant smell.
- perfused — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- 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.
- perjured — guilty of perjury.
- 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
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- pestered — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- 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.
- podomere — any segment of a limb of an arthropod.
- 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
- pondered — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ponderer — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- portered — (of an apartment block) serviced by a caretaker
- portside — situated on the port side
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- powdered — finely granulated
- 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).