6-letter words containing p, r, e, i
- previn — André (ˈɒndreɪ). born 1929, US orchestral conductor, born in Germany; living in Britain; awarded an honorary knighthood (1996)
- prexie — a slang term for a college president
- pricer — (especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- pricey — expensive or unduly expensive: a pricey wine.
- prided — 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.
- priers — a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- priest — a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- primed — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- primer — the most flourishing stage or state.
- prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- pripet — a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- prised — pry2 .
- prises — pry2 .
- privet — any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- prized — pry2 .
- prizer — a competitor for a prize.
- probie — a probationer, especially a firefighter who has recently joined a department.
- protei — plural of proteus (def 3).
- pterin — any of a group of substances which occur naturally as insect pigments
- purine — a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- pyrite — a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- 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.
- rechip — to put a new chip into (a stolen mobile phone) so it can be reused
- recipe — suspension
- 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.
- repics — the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- repine — to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- reship — to ship again.
- rimple — a wrinkle.
- ripest — having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- ripken — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- ripley — George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- ripped — drunk; intoxicated.
- ripper — rip
- ripple — (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
- simper — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- sipper — a person who sips.
- sitrep — a military situation report
- sniper — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- spider — any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- spiker — a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- 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.
- spired — having a spire.
- spires — a coil or spiral.
- sprier — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- sprite — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- stripe — a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
- swiper — a person who deals a swipe