6-letter words containing p, t, e
- pottle — a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- pouted — to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.
- pouter — a person who pouts.
- powter — to potter about, to do trifling simple tasks
- prater — to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
- pratie — a potato
- preact — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- precut — cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used: a kit with precut parts.
- preset — to set beforehand.
- presto — quickly, rapidly, or immediately.
- pretax — profits, etc.: before tax
- pretor — (in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- pretry — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- pretty — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- priest — a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- pripet — a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- privet — any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- projet — a project.
- pronet — (language)
- proset — A derivative of SETL with Ada-like syntax developed at the University of Essen in 1990. Formerly known as SETL/E.
- protea — any shrub or small tree of the genus Protea, of tropical and southern Africa, having flowers with coloured bracts arranged in showy heads: family Proteaceae
- protei — plural of proteus (def 3).
- pterin — any of a group of substances which occur naturally as insect pigments
- ptero- — wing, feather, or a part resembling a wing
- pteron — (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptooey — an imitation of the sound of spitting
- pudent — lacking in ostentation or humble
- pullet — a young hen, less than one year old.
- punnet — a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- punted — Cards. a person who lays a stake against the bank.
- punter — Cards. a person who lays a stake against the bank.
- pupate — to become a pupa.
- puppet — an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Compare hand puppet, marionette.
- purest — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- puteal — an enclosure around a well
- puteli — (in India) a flat-bottomed boat
- putted — an act of putting.
- puttee — a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
- putter — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- puttie — puttee.
- puture — a forester's rightful claim to food, drink, and lodging within the bounds of the forest
- pyrite — a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- recept — an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- redtop — any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- repast — a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating: to eat a light repast.
- repeat — repeat loop
- repent — to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed by of): He repented after his thoughtless act.
- replot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- report — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- repost — a reposted message, resent via email or posted again on an internet chatboard etc