7-letter words containing i, p, r
- patrico — a fraudulent priest
- patriot — a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- paviour — a person that paves; paver.
- paviser — a soldier bearing or using a pavise
- paydirt — soil, gravel, or ore that can be mined profitably.
- pearlin — a type of lace used to trim clothes
- peatier — of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- pebrine — an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.
- pedrail — a type of wheel designed for use on rough terrain, consisting of a chain around the wheel with flat discs attached to the chain
- pedro i — (Dom Pedro) 1798–1834, king of Portugal (1826, as Pedro IV) and first emperor of Brazil 1822–31.
- peering — to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly.
- peloria — regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- penrith — a market town in NW England, in Cumbria. Pop: 14 471 (2001)
- peracid — an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- perahia — Murray, born 1947, U.S. pianist.
- percine — a perch-like fish, esp one belonging to the family Percidae
- percoid — belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.
- perdido — Mon·te [Spanish mawn-te] /Spanish ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA) a mountain in NE Spain, a peak of the Pyrenees. 10,994 feet (3350 meters).
- pereion — (in a crustacean) the thorax.
- pereira — Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
- perfidy — deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished.
- perfing — the practice of taking early retirement, with financial compensation, from the police force
- periapt — an amulet.
- pericon — Argentinian dance
- peridot — a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- perigee — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of an artificial satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
- perigon — an angle of 360°.
- perilla — any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- perinde — (in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- perinea — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
- perique — a strong, rich-flavored tobacco produced in Louisiana, usually blended with other tobaccos.
- peritus — a Catholic theological expert and consultant who gives advice at an ecumenical council of the church
- periwig — a wig, especially a peruke.
- perjink — prim or finicky
- perking — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- perkins — Frances, 1882–1965, U.S. sociologist: Secretary of Labor 1933–45.
- perkish — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- perlite — a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- permian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era occurring from about 280 to 230 million years ago and characterized by a profusion of amphibian species.
- peronei — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- perrier — an effervescent mineral water from a spring in southern France
- perrine — a town in S Florida.
- perseid — any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- persian — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- persist — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- persius — (Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- pertain — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- perugia — a city in central Umbria, in central Italy.
- peruzzi — Baldassare Tommaso [bahl-dahs-sah-re tawm-mah-zaw] /ˌbɑl dɑsˈsɑ rɛ tɔmˈmɑ zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1481–1536, Italian architect and painter.
- peter i — ("the Great") 1672–1725, czar of Russia 1682–1725.