7-letter words containing p, r, i, e
- overtip — to give too much money to (a waiter, etc) as a tip
- painter — cougar.
- pannier — a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- pardine — spotted; resembling a leopard
- pareira — the root of a South American vine, Chondodendron tomentosum, used as a source of curare, a diuretic, etc.
- paresis — partial motor paralysis.
- paretic — partial motor paralysis.
- parises — a Trojan prince, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Cassandra, who awarded the apple of discord to Aphrodite and was by her help enabled to abduct Helen.
- parlies — small Scottish biscuits
- parried — to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
- parrier — to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
- partied — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- partier — a person who parties, especially regularly or habitually: New Year's Eve always brings out the partyers.
- parties — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- partite — divided into parts, usually into a specified number of parts (usually used in combination): a tripartite agreement.
- patriae — Latin. father of his country.
- paviser — a soldier bearing or using a pavise
- pearlin — a type of lace used to trim clothes
- peatier — of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- pebrine — an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.
- pedrail — a type of wheel designed for use on rough terrain, consisting of a chain around the wheel with flat discs attached to the chain
- pedro i — (Dom Pedro) 1798–1834, king of Portugal (1826, as Pedro IV) and first emperor of Brazil 1822–31.
- peering — to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly.
- peloria — regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- penrith — a market town in NW England, in Cumbria. Pop: 14 471 (2001)
- peracid — an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- perahia — Murray, born 1947, U.S. pianist.
- percine — a perch-like fish, esp one belonging to the family Percidae
- percoid — belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.
- perdido — Mon·te [Spanish mawn-te] /Spanish ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA) a mountain in NE Spain, a peak of the Pyrenees. 10,994 feet (3350 meters).
- pereion — (in a crustacean) the thorax.
- pereira — Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
- perfidy — deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished.
- perfing — the practice of taking early retirement, with financial compensation, from the police force
- periapt — an amulet.
- pericon — Argentinian dance
- peridot — a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- perigee — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of an artificial satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
- perigon — an angle of 360°.
- perilla — any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- perinde — (in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- perinea — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
- perique — a strong, rich-flavored tobacco produced in Louisiana, usually blended with other tobaccos.
- peritus — a Catholic theological expert and consultant who gives advice at an ecumenical council of the church
- periwig — a wig, especially a peruke.
- perjink — prim or finicky
- perking — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- perkins — Frances, 1882–1965, U.S. sociologist: Secretary of Labor 1933–45.
- perkish — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- perlite — a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.