8-letter words containing p, e, r, f
- offer up — present as a sacrifice
- opificer — someone who makes something; a craftsman
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- pacifier — a person or thing that pacifies.
- paraffle — an extravagant display
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- perfecta — exacta.
- perfecti — the elite group of the Cathars, characterized by their extreme asceticism, and thereby viewed by their followers as trans-material angels
- perfecto — a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.
- perforce — of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance: The story must perforce be true.
- perforin — a protein produced by killer cells of the immune system that causes disintegration of targeted cells by forming pores in their membranes.
- perfumed — Something such as fruit or wine that is perfumed has a sweet pleasant smell.
- perfumer — a person or thing that perfumes.
- perfused — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- pfitzner — Hans Erich [hahns ey-rikh] /ˈhɑns ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, German composer and conductor.
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- pig fern — giant bracken
- pilferer — petty thief
- pinafore — a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- porifera — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- portfire — (formerly) a slow-burning fuse used for firing rockets and fireworks and, in mining, for igniting explosives
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- praefect — a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- predraft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- prefaced — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefaded — given a faded or worn look beforehand (as of jeans, etc)
- prefetch — instruction prefetch
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- prefixal — 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.
- prefixed — A word or code number that is prefixed by one or more letters or numbers has them as its prefix.
- prefixes — 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.
- preflame — of the period before combustion
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- prefrank — to frank in advance
- pressfat — a wine vat
- pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
- prettify — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- prideful — 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.
- pro-life — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profaner — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profiler — any of several types of machine tools for reproducing shapes in metal or other materials from a master form.
- profiter — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- prolifer — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.