8-letter words containing r, e, p, u
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perilune — the point in a lunar orbit that is nearest to the moon.
- perineum — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
- periplus — a descriptive account of a voyage, esp of a circumnavigation
- perjured — guilty of perjury.
- perjurer — to render (oneself) guilty of swearing falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation: The witness perjured herself when she denied knowing the defendant.
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- peruvian — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- pictures — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- piecrust — the crust or shell of a pie.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- pleurisy — 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.
- plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- portague — a 16th century Portuguese gold coin
- pourable — able to be poured
- power up — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- pratique — license or permission to use a port, given to a ship after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- precieux — (of a man) overly fastidious or refined; precious; affected.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precurse — a foreshadowing or precursing
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- preissue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- prejudge — to judge beforehand.
- preluded — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- premould — to mould in advance
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- press-up — push-up.
- pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
- pressrun — the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.