9-letter words containing p, u, r, e
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pandurate — shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf.
- paper cup — a disposable drinking cup made of paper
- paper cut — tiny nick caused by sharp paper
- par value — face value (def 1).
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- paranaque — a city on Luzon, in the N Philippines, on the S of Manila Bay.
- parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- parecious — paroicous.
- parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
- parroquet — parakeet.
- paruresis — a psychological inability to urinate in the presence of others
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pasturage — pasture.
- pate dure — hard paste.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
- pauperess — a female pauper
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pauperize — to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc
- peasouper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- penpusher — pencil pusher.
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- per annum — by the year; yearly.
- percussor — plexor.
- perfumery — perfumes collectively.
- perfusate — a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- périgueux — a river in SW France, flowing W to the Gironde estuary. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- peripatus — any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
- permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
- permutate — to cause (something) to undergo permutation.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- perradius — any of the main rays of a member of the Radiata group
- persecute — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- persuaded — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- persuader — a person or thing that persuades: The cool lake was a most enticing persuader for those who liked to swim.
- perturbed — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- perturber — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- pertusate — stabbed or perforated at the top