6-letter words containing i, r, e
- pierce — to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- piercy — Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- pieria — a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- pierid — belonging or pertaining to the Pieridae, a family of butterflies comprising the whites, sulfurs, etc.
- pieris — any plant of a genus, Pieris, of American and Asiatic shrubs, esp P. formosa forrestii, grown for the bright red colour of its young foliage: family Ericaceae
- pierre — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- pilfer — steal in small amounts
- pincer — insect, crab: claws
- pinder — peanut.
- pinero — Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinery — a place in which pineapples are grown.
- pinger — a device that makes a pinging sound, esp one that can be preset to ring at a particular time
- pinker — a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- pinner — a person or thing that pins.
- pinter — Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pipper — the center of the reticule of a gunsight.
- pirate — software pirate
- pirnie — a stripy woollen nightcap
- pisher — a young boy or person who still has little experience
- pisser — something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- pitier — a person who pities.
- pitter — to make a pattering sound
- pliers — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- poiret — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1944, French fashion designer.
- poiser — a person or thing that poises.
- pokier — puttering; slow; dull: poky drivers.
- pourie — a jug; pitcher
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pratie — a potato
- prebid — occurring prior to a bid
- precis — a concise summary.
- prefix — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- prelim — preliminary.
- premix — Also, premixture [pree-miks-cher] /priˈmɪks tʃər/ (Show IPA). a mixture of ingredients, made before selling, using, etc.: The chain saw runs on a premix of oil and gasoline.
- previn — André (ˈɒndreɪ). born 1929, US orchestral conductor, born in Germany; living in Britain; awarded an honorary knighthood (1996)
- prexie — a slang term for a college president
- pricer — (especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- pricey — expensive or unduly expensive: a pricey wine.
- prided — 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.
- priers — a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- priest — a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- primed — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- primer — the most flourishing stage or state.
- prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- pripet — a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- prised — pry2 .
- prises — pry2 .
- privet — any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- prized — pry2 .
- prizer — a competitor for a prize.