7-letter words containing r, e, p, a
- plasher — a person who forms hedges by means of interweaving the branches or vines
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- platter — a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- pleader — a person who pleads, especially at law.
- pleaser — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- pleater — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plectra — plectrum.
- plenary — full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified: plenary powers.
- pleroma — the state of total fullness or abundance, relating particularly to the nature of God
- pleurae — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- pleural — Anatomy. of or relating to the pleura.
- poacher — a pan having a tight-fitting lid and metal cups for steaming or poaching eggs.
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- pollera — a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- porsena — Lars (lɑːz). 6th century bc, a legendary Etruscan king, alleged to have besieged Rome in a vain attempt to reinstate Tarquinius Superbus on the throne
- portage — a city in SW Michigan.
- portate — sitting diagonally across a heraldic shield
- potager — a small kitchen garden
- pradesh — a state, esp a state in the Union of India
- praeses — a Roman governor, esp a provincial governor, from the 2nd century AD
- praetor — (in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- prairie — a historical novel (1827) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- praised — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- praiser — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- praline — a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- pranced — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- prancer — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- pranked — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- prattle — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- pre-law — of, relating to, or engaged in studies in preparation for the formal study of law.
- pre-pay — If you pre-pay something or pre-pay for it, you pay for it before you receive it or use it.
- pre-tax — profits, etc.: before tax
- pre-war — Pre-war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately before a war, especially the Second World War, 1939-45.
- preachy — tediously or pretentiously didactic.
- preaged — treated to appear older, usually prior to being used or purchased
- preanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- preaver — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- prebake — to bake in advance or beforehand
- precast — to cast (a concrete block or slab, etc.) in a place other than where it is to be installed in a structure.
- precava — See under vena cava.
- precoat — A precoat is a coating which is put on a filter to test the performance of the filter.
- predata — a plural of datum.
- predate — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- predawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- predial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- preface — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefade — to play a recording before fading it for transmission
- pregame — of, relating to, or happening in the period just before a sports game: The coach was interviewed in a pregame broadcast.
- preheat — to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process: to preheat an oven before baking a cake.
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.