8-letter words containing p, r, i, e, t
- peripety — a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal, especially in a literary work.
- peripter — (in Classical architecture) a building, esp a temple, with a single row of columns surrounding it on all sides
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- perseity — (in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- perthite — a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- perviate — to enter, bore into, or run through
- peter ii — 1923–70, king of Yugoslavia 1934–45.
- petering — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- 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
- pfitzner — Hans Erich [hahns ey-rikh] /ˈhɑns ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, German composer and conductor.
- phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
- picrated — containing picrate
- pictures — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pie cart — a mobile van selling warmed-up food and drinks
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- pilaster — a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pilewort — Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
- pillaret — a small pillar.
- pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pine tar — a very viscid, blackish-brown liquid having an odor resembling that of turpentine, obtained by the destructive distillation of pine wood, used in paints, roofing, soaps, and, medicinally, for skin infections.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- 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
- plaister — plaster.
- plentier — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- poetizer — a person who composes verses, usually of an inferior nature
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poitiers — a city in SE France, on the Rhone River, S of Lyons: Roman ruins.
- poitrine — a woman's bosom
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- portfire — (formerly) a slow-burning fuse used for firing rockets and fireworks and, in mining, for igniting explosives
- portiere — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- portside — situated on the port side
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- pre-edit — to edit in advance
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- prebirth — the period, usually six months, preceding a child's birth.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- precinct — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precited — cited previously
- preexist — to exist beforehand.