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11-letter words containing p, r, i, e

  • perspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
  • perspirable — having the ability to perspire
  • persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
  • persulfuric — denoting a type of acid
  • pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
  • pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
  • pescatarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
  • pescetarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
  • pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
  • petit fours — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
  • petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
  • petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
  • petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
  • petri plate — a petri dish containing culture medium
  • pettifogger — a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery
  • petty crime — minor offences
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
  • phentermine — a white, crystalline powder, phenyl-tertiary-butylamine hydrochloride, soluble in water and alcohol, that stimulates the central nervous system and elevates the systolic blood pressure: used chiefly in the treatment of obesity.
  • philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
  • philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
  • phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
  • phosphorize — phosphorate (def 1).
  • photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
  • photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
  • photoperiod — the interval in a 24-hour period during which a plant or animal is exposed to light.
  • photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
  • phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
  • phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
  • piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
  • picked over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
  • picturegoer — a person who goes to the cinema, esp frequently
  • picturesque — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
  • pieceworker — someone who does work paid for according to the quantity produced
  • pierre loti — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (Louis Marie Julien Viaud) 1850–1923, French novelist.
  • pierrefonds — a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.
  • pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
  • piezometric — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
  • pigeon drop — a confidence game or sleight-of-hand swindle whereby cash is extracted from the victim as collateral for a supposed share in a large sum of discovered money, dishonest profits, or gambling winnings, which in fact are nonexistent.
  • pigeonholer — someone who likes to pigeonhole people or things
  • pile driver — a machine for driving piles, usually composed of a tall framework in which either a weight is raised and dropped on a pile head or in which a steam hammer drives the pile.
  • pile-driver — a machine for driving piles, usually composed of a tall framework in which either a weight is raised and dropped on a pile head or in which a steam hammer drives the pile.
  • pilferingly — in the manner of a pilferer
  • pilgrimager — a pilgrim
  • pill popper — a person who takes pills regularly and in quantity.
  • pill pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
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