4-letter words containing p, e
- pise — rammed earth.
- pize — to strike (someone a blow)
- plea — an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
- pleb — a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- pled — a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- plew — a beaver skin, especially one of prime quality.
- plex — a shortened form of multiplex
- plie — a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pneu — Parents National Education Union
- poed — very angry.
- poem — a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- poep — an emission of intestinal gas from the anus
- poet — a person who composes poetry.
- poke — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- pole — Reginald, 1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
- pome — the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pone — the player on the dealer's right. Compare eldest hand.
- pope — died 1690? Pueblo medicine man: led rebellion against the Spanish 1680.
- pore — to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
- pose — a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
- pote — to push, thrust
- pre- — Pre- is used to form words that indicate that something takes place before a particular date, period, or event.
- prec — preceding
- pree — a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prem — a premature infant
- prep — preparatory school.
- pres — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- pret — preterit
- prex — a president, especially of a college or university.
- prey — an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- prez — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- prie — to try, test, or taste.
- ptfe — polytetrafluoroethylene
- pube — a pubic hair
- puce — of a dark or brownish purple.
- puer — an alkaline substance derived from the dung of dogs, formerly used to steep hides
- puke — vomit.
- pule — to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pune — a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- pyle — Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- pyre — a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- quep — an expression of derision
- rape — the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar.
- reap — to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- repl — 1. (language, LISP, programming) read-eval-print loop. 2. (language) Restricted EPL.
- repo — a repurchase agreement.
- repp — a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repr — represented
- rept — receipt