8-letter words containing i, p, r
- parawing — paraglider.
- paraxial — making a small angle with and lying close to the axis of an optical system: paraxial ray.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- parietal — Anatomy. of, relating to, or situated near the side and top of the skull or the parietal bone.
- parietes — Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parishad — (in India) an assembly
- parishen — a parishioner
- parisian — a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
- parklike — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- parnaiba — a seaport in NE Brazil.
- parochin — a parish
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- paroemia — a proverb; an axiom
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- parotoid — Also called parotoid gland. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- parsifal — (italics) a music drama by Richard Wagner: composed 1877–82; première 1882.
- parthian — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- partible — capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.
- particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- partiers — a person who parties, especially regularly or habitually: New Year's Eve always brings out the partyers.
- partisan — a shafted weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries, having as a head a long spear blade with a pair of curved lobes at the base.
- partizan — partisan2 .
- partying — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- parzival — Percival.
- pastrami — a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.
- pastries — a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- patriate — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
- patrices — a mold of a Linotype for casting right-reading type for use in dry offset.
- patricia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”.
- pay dirt — soil, gravel, or ore that can be mined profitably.
- paynimry — paganism
- pearlies — dark clothes adorned with pearl buttons worn by a London costermonger on social occasions
- pearling — 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).
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- pearlite — a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- pearmain — any of several varieties of apple having a red skin
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pedalier — the pedal-board of an organ, piano, etc
- 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.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- peiraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- pelerine — a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.