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8-letter words containing p, u, r, e

  • perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
  • perilune — the point in a lunar orbit that is nearest to the moon.
  • perineum — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
  • periplus — a descriptive account of a voyage, esp of a circumnavigation
  • perjured — guilty of perjury.
  • perjurer — to render (oneself) guilty of swearing falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation: The witness perjured herself when she denied knowing the defendant.
  • 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.
  • perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
  • persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
  • perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
  • peruvian — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
  • pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
  • phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
  • pictures — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
  • piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
  • pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
  • plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
  • pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
  • plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
  • plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
  • polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
  • portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
  • pourable — able to be poured
  • power up — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
  • pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
  • preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
  • prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
  • prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
  • precieux — (of a man) overly fastidious or refined; precious; affected.
  • precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
  • preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
  • precurse — a foreshadowing or precursing
  • prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
  • preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
  • prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
  • preissue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
  • prejudge — to judge beforehand.
  • preluded — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
  • preludio — a musical prelude
  • prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
  • premould — to mould in advance
  • premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
  • prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
  • prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
  • prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
  • press-up — push-up.
  • pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
  • pressrun — the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.
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