7-letter words containing p, t, e, r
- pterion — the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pteroma — pteron.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- pulture — the right of foresters to claim food, drink, and lodging from the inhabitants of a forest for their own maintenance; provisions claimed in this way
- punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
- purtier — pretty.
- putcher — a trap for catching salmon
- putrefy — to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- puttier — a person who putties, as a glazier.
- pyretic — of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- pyrites — pyrite.
- rapture — ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- readapt — to adapt (a person or thing) again or (of a person or thing) to adapt again
- readopt — to adopt (a person, procedure, law, etc) again
- receipt — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- recepts — an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- red-top — a tabloid newspaper characterized by sensationalism
- reerupt — to burst forth: Molten lava erupted from the top of the volcano. Synonyms: vent.
- repaint — to paint again: to repaint the house.
- repatch — to patch again
- replant — to plant again.
- replate — to put new plating on
- replete — abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
- repoint — to repair the joints of (brickwork, masonry, etc) with mortar or cement
- reposit — to put back; replace.
- reprint — to print again; print a new impression of.
- reptant — repent2 .
- reptile — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- repunit — any positive integer that consists entirely of the digit 1 repeated, for example, 11, 111, 1111
- reputed — reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.
- respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- respite — a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
- resplit — to split again
- restamp — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- restump — to provide (a building) with new stumps
- retaped — a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- riposte — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
- ripplet — a small ripple.
- riptide — a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- ruptime — Unix Berkeley networking command to report the status of all hosts on the net. See also rwho. See ruptime(1N).
- rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
- scepter — a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sceptre — to give a scepter to; invest with authority.
- seaport — a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- serpent — a snake.
- sexpert — a person who professes a knowledge of sexual matters
- spatter — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- specter — a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spector — Phil. born 1940, US record producer and songwriter, noted for the densely orchestrated "Wall of Sound" in his work with groups such as the Ronettes and the Crystals; convicted in 2009 for the second-degree murder (2003) of actress Lana Clarkson