9-letter words containing p, u, r, e
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pertussis — whooping cough.
- perusable — having the ability to be perused
- pesterous — having a propensity to pester, annoy, or to be trying
- petaurine — relating to a petaurist
- peter out — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- petroleur — a male individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- picocurie — a trillionth of a curie, which is a unit of radioactivity
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- picturize — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pirouette — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleasurer — a person who seeks pleasure
- pleasures — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleuritic — 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.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- pomoerium — the space around a town within the city walls
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- poorhouse — (formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- poudrette — a fertilizer made from dried night soil mixed with other substances, as gypsum and charcoal.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- poulterer — a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
- pour test — any test for determining the pour point of a substance.
- pourboire — a gratuity; tip.
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- praeludia — musical preludes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- pre-audit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- pre-quote — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- preaccuse — to accuse (someone of something) prior to the specified wrongdoing being committed or prior to having evidence of wrongdoing
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- preassure — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
- preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
- prebudget — produced, occurring or implemented prior to the release of the government's Budget
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precieuse — one of the 17th-century literary women of France who affected an extreme care in the use of language.