8-letter words containing p, u, r, e
- pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- presumed — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- preunion — a meeting in advance of a permanent union
- preunite — to unite in advance
- preussen — German name of Prussia.
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- prideful — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- procurer — a person who procures, especially a pander or pimp.
- produced — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producer — a person who produces.
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- prorogue — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
- prosumer — a person who both consumes and produces a particular commodity
- protrude — to project.
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prudence — a female given name.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- prunella — a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
- prunelle — a sweet, brown, French liqueur distilled from plums.
- prurient — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- pseudery — pretentious talk
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- puckered — a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- puckerer — a person who puckers
- puerpera — a woman who has recently given birth to a child.
- puggaree — pugree.
- pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- pullover — Also called slipover. a garment, especially a sweater, that must be drawn over the head to be put on.
- pulpiter — a preacher
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- puncture — the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- puppetry — the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purebred — of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from a recognized breed.
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purified — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purifier — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purlicue — a flourish at the end of a pen stroke
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- purseful — an amount which can be contained in a purse
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.