8-letter words containing p, i, e, r, o
- overripe — too ripe; more than ripe: overripe tomatoes.
- overskip — to skip over
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overspin — topspin.
- overtrip — to tread lightly over
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- paroemia — a proverb; an axiom
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- pedro ii — (Dom Pedro II) 1825–91, emperor of Brazil 1831–89.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- peperino — a brown or grey rock (tuff) consisting of condensed and cemented volcanic ash, sand, etc, esp that found outside Rome in the Albano Hills
- peperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- perforin — a protein produced by killer cells of the immune system that causes disintegration of targeted cells by forming pores in their membranes.
- pericope — a selection or extract from a book.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- periodid — kind of iodide
- periotic — surrounding the ear.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- petiolar — of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- petitory — requesting or entreating
- petrillo — James Caesar, 1892–1984, U.S. labor leader: president of the American Federation of Musicians 1940–58.
- petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pilework — construction built from heavy stakes or cylinders
- pilewort — Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
- pinafore — a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- pipework — pipes and stops on an organ
- pipewort — a perennial plant, Eriocaulon septangulare, of wet places in W Republic of Ireland, the Scottish Hebrides, and the eastern US, having a twisted flower stalk and a greenish-grey scaly flower head: family Eriocaulaceae
- pipperoo — pip3 (def 2).
- poetizer — a person who composes verses, usually of an inferior nature
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poisoner — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poitiers — a city in SE France, on the Rhone River, S of Lyons: Roman ruins.
- poitrine — a woman's bosom
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- polarise — to cause polarization in.