9-letter words containing p, a, r, e
- parenesis — exhortation; admonition
- parentage — derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage: a man of distinguished parentage.
- parentese — baby talk (def 2).
- parenting — a father or a mother.
- parfleche — a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
- pargasite — a green or bluegreen variety of hornblende.
- pargeting — any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- pargetter — plasterer
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parhypate — a note in ancient Greek music, the second lowest note in the two lowest tetrachords
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- parkville — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- parlement — parliament.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- parlyaree — Polari.
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
- parrakeet — parakeet.
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parricide — the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative.
- parroquet — parakeet.
- parseeism — the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
- parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- part-time — employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.
- parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- partitive — serving to divide into parts.
- partnered — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- partridge — any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
- partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
- paruresis — a psychological inability to urinate in the presence of others
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- passenger — a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.
- passer-by — a person passing by.
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- passersby — a person passing by.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- pastorage — pastorate.
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- pastorate — the office or term of office of a pastor.
- pasturage — pasture.
- pate dure — hard paste.
- patercove — a fraudulent priest