7-letter words containing p, y, r
- pripyat — 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.
- privacy — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- privily — in a privy manner; secretly.
- privity — private or secret knowledge.
- probity — integrity and uprightness; honesty.
- procyon — a first-magnitude star in the constellation Canis Minor.
- prodigy — a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability: a musical prodigy.
- progeny — a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
- propyla — plural of propylon.
- prosify — to write or make into prose (esp of a dull nature)
- prosody — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- protyle — a hypothetical primitive substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
- proudly — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prudery — excessive propriety or modesty in speech, conduct, etc.
- pryderi — the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon who was stolen by Gwawl shortly after his birth and was restored to his parents a few years later.
- psykter — a wine jar with an ovoid body tapering at the neck, set on a high foot: used for cooling wine.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- puckery — puckered.
- puffery — undue or exaggerated praise.
- pursily — in a pursy manner
- putrefy — to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pylorus — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pyralid — any of numerous slender-bodied moths of the family Pyralidae, having elongated triangular forewings, and in the larval phase including many crop pests.
- pyramid — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- pyretic — of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- pyrexia — fever.
- pyridic — relating to pyridine
- pyrites — pyrite.
- pyritic — 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.
- pyrogen — a substance, as a thermostable bacterial toxin, that produces a rise in temperature in a human or animal.
- pyronin — either of two synthetic red xanthene dyes, pyronin G or Y and pyronin B, used chiefly as microscopic stains
- pyrosis — heartburn (def 1).
- pyrrhic — of, relating to, or resembling Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, or his costly victory.
- pyrrhus — c318–272 b.c, king of Epirus c300–272.
- pyrrole — a colorless, toxic, liquid, five-membered ring compound, C 4 H 5 N, that is a component of chlorophyll, hemin, and many other important naturally occurring substances.
- pyruvic — of or derived from pyruvic acid.
- rapidly — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- reapply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- replevy — to recover possession of by replevin.
- respray — coat again with spray paint
- ropeway — tramway (def 4).
- roupily — in a roupy manner
- ryepeck — a pole used in mooring a punt
- satrapy — the province or jurisdiction of a satrap.
- scrappy — fond of fighting, arguing, or competing.
- scrimpy — scanty; meager; barely adequate.
- scrumpy — strong English cider
- sharply — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.