9-letter words containing p, r, e, i
- parkville — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parricide — the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative.
- parseeism — the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- part-time — employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.
- parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- partitive — serving to divide into parts.
- partridge — any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
- paruresis — a psychological inability to urinate in the presence of others
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- patissier — a person who makes pastries; a pastry chef
- patriated — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
- patricide — the act of killing one's own father.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pattering — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pauperize — to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- pea rifle — a small rifle
- pea-brain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pearlized — resembling or made to resemble mother-of-pearl; iridescent: pearlized buttons.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pediatric — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pedigreed — having established purebred ancestry: a pedigreed collie.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- pelletier — Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- pelorised — affected by peloria
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- pendicler — the holder or renter of a pendicle
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- peperomia — any of numerous tropical and subtropical plants belonging to the genus Peperomia, of the pepper family, cultivated as houseplants for their ornamental foliage.
- peppering — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
- pepperish — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
- pepperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.