6-letter words containing p, r, a, i
- pavior — a person that paves; paver.
- peoria — a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pereia — (in a crustacean) the thorax.
- 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.
- picara — a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- picard — Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- picaro — a rogue or vagabond.
- pieria — a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- pillar — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- pinard — wine.
- pindar — 522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- piracy — software piracy
- pirate — software pirate
- polari — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- porina — the larva of a moth which causes damage to grassland
- portia — the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pratie — a potato
- praxis — practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- primal — first; original; primeval: primal eras before the appearance of life on earth.
- pruina — a woolly white covering on some lichens
- pujari — a Hindu priest
- pyuria — the presence of pus in the urine.
- raipur — a city in SE Madhya Pradesh, in E central India.
- raphia — raffia.
- rapido — an express train.
- rapids — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- rapier — a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- rapine — the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- raping — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapini — the leaves of the turnip, Brassica rapa, eaten cooked or raw as greens.
- rapist — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- repaid — to pay back or refund, as money.
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- riprap — a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
- ripsaw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- rupiah — an aluminum coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Indonesia, equal to 100 sen. Abbreviation: Rp.
- shairp — John Campbell ("Principal Shairp") 1819–85, English critic, poet, and educator.
- sippar — an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
- sparid — any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- sparti — Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- spinar — a fast-spinning star or celestial mass
- spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirea — any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spraid — chapped
- sprain — to overstrain or wrench (the ligaments of an ankle, wrist, or other joint) so as to injure without fracture or dislocation.
- tarpit — seepage of natural tar or asphalt, especially an accumulation that has acted as a natural trap into which animals have fallen and sunk and had their bones preserved.
- yarpie — (pejorative, slang) A white South African man.