6-letter words containing p, t, e
- pelted — to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- pelter — a person or thing that pelts.
- peltry — fur skins; pelts collectively.
- penta- — five
- pentad — a period of five years.
- pentel — a ballpoint pen with free-flowing ink in the manner of a felt-tip pen
- pentyl — containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- penult — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- pepita — a female given name.
- peptic — pertaining to or associated with digestion; digestive.
- pequot — a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.
- peretz — I(saac) L(oeb) or Yitzchok Leibush [yits-khawk ley-boo sh] /ˈyɪts xɔk ˈleɪ bʊʃ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1915, Polish author: writer of plays, poems, and short stories in Yiddish.
- permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- perret — Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- perrot — Nicolas [nik-uh-luh s;; French nee-kaw-lah] /ˈnɪk ə ləs;; French ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1644–1717, North American fur trader and explorer in the Great Lakes region, born in France.
- perter — boldly forward in speech or behavior; impertinent; saucy.
- pertly — boldly forward in speech or behavior; impertinent; saucy.
- perutz — Max Ferdinand, 1914–2002, English chemist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1962.
- peseta — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pester — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- pestle — a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- petain — Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- petara — (in India) a basket for clothes
- petard — an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- petary — a place where peat is excavated; peatary
- petipa — Marius [mair-ee-uh s,, mar-;; French ma-ryys] /ˈmɛər i əs,, ˈmær-;; French maˈryüs/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, French ballet dancer and choreographer in Russia.
- petite — (of a woman) short and having a small, trim figure; diminutive.
- petnap — to steal (a pet) for ransom or resale
- petofi — Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- petrel — any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- petrie — Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- petro- — indicating stone or rock
- petrol — British. gasoline.
- petted — petulant; sulky
- pettle — to caress or cuddle
- pewter — metal: tin alloy
- peyote — hallucinogen
- phater — Slang. great; wonderful; terrific.
- phuket — an island near the W coast of Thailand. 294 sq. mi. (761 sq. km).
- piaget — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
- picket — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- picote — ornamented or embroidered with picots
- pictex — A version of TeX for pictures.
- pietas — a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- piglet — a little pig.
- pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- piment — wine flavoured with spices and honey
- pinite — a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pinnet — a pinnacle
- pinter — Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.