6-letter words containing p, e, i
- pencil — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- penhsi — Benxi.
- penial — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- penile — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pennie — a female given name, form of Penelope.
- pennis — an aluminum coin of Finland until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a markka.
- pensil — a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- peoria — a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pepino — a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- pepita — a female given name.
- pepsin — an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
- peptic — pertaining to or associated with digestion; digestive.
- perdie — certainly; indeed
- pereia — (in a crustacean) the thorax.
- perfin — a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- period — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perkin — Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.
- perlis — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
- permie — a person, esp an office worker, employed by a firm on a permanent basis
- permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- pernik — former name of Dimitrovo.
- pernio — chilblain.
- perrin — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- persia — Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- persis — an ancient region of SW Iran: homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty
- petain — Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- petipa — Marius [mair-ee-uh s,, mar-;; French ma-ryys] /ˈmɛər i əs,, ˈmær-;; French maˈryüs/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, French ballet dancer and choreographer in Russia.
- petite — (of a woman) short and having a small, trim figure; diminutive.
- petofi — Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- petrie — Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- pfenig — a monetary unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 100th part of a marka.
- phaeic — (of animals) having dusky coloration; less dark than melanic
- phenic — relating to, having the characteristics of, or originating from phenyl
- phenix — phoenix.
- phiale — a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- philae — an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- piaffe — Also, piaffer. a cadenced trot executed on one spot, with a well-elevated leg action.
- piaget — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
- picene — a type of hydrocarbon found in the residue that is obtained in peat tar and petroleum distillation
- picine — of or relating to woodpeckers or the Piciformes
- picked — having or coming to a sharp point; peaked; pointed.
- picker — someone or something that picks.
- picket — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- pickle — a single grain or kernel, as of barley or corn.
- picote — ornamented or embroidered with picots
- pictex — A version of TeX for pictures.
- piddle — to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
- piecen — to join (broken threads) together