8-letter words containing p, r, o, e
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- paroemia — a proverb; an axiom
- paroquet — parakeet.
- parroket — parakeet.
- parroted — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- parroter — a person who repeats the words or ideas of others
- passmore — George. Born 1943, a British artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with Gilbert Proesch
- passover — Also called Pesach, Pesah. a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patentor — a person or official agency that grants patents.
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronne — a woman who owns or manages a hotel, restaurant, or bar
- pearwood — the hard, fine-grained, reddish wood of the pear tree, used for ornamentation, small articles of furniture, and musical instruments.
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- pedro ii — (Dom Pedro II) 1825–91, emperor of Brazil 1831–89.
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- pejorate — to change for the worse
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- pembroke — a borough in Dyfed, in SW Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- peperino — a brown or grey rock (tuff) consisting of condensed and cemented volcanic ash, sand, etc, esp that found outside Rome in the Albano Hills
- peperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- per-oral — administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- perborax — sodium perborate.
- perclose — parclose.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- perdendo — (of a piece of music) getting gradually quieter and dying away
- perfecto — a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.
- perforce — of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance: The story must perforce be true.
- perforin — a protein produced by killer cells of the immune system that causes disintegration of targeted cells by forming pores in their membranes.
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pericope — a selection or extract from a book.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- periodid — kind of iodide
- periotic — surrounding the ear.
- peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.