9-letter words containing p, a, r, e
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- patissier — a person who makes pastries; a pastry chef
- patriated — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
- patricide — the act of killing one's own father.
- patrolled — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patroller — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patronage — the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- patroness — a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pattering — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
- patterned — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- patterner — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- patterson — Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
- pauperess — a female pauper
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pauperize — to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
- pay grade — the grade of a member of the armed services established according to a scale of increasing amounts of base pay and related to but not identical with official rank.
- pay offer — an offer of a certain amount of wages or salary
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
- payroller — a wage earner, especially a government employee.
- pea green — a medium or yellowish green.
- pea rifle — a small rifle
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pea-brain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- peak rate — the maximum tariff of charge, esp of phone calls made at particular times
- peak year — a year when something reaches its point of greatest development, strength, etc
- peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc
- pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
- pearl tea — a frothy E Asian beverage consisting of sweetened tea with milk or flavorings, usually served over black pellets, or pearls, of tapioca.
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pearlized — resembling or made to resemble mother-of-pearl; iridescent: pearlized buttons.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- peasouper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- peat reek — the smoke of a peat fire
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- pediatric — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental