7-letter words containing r, u, p
- pasture — Rogier [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ (Show IPA), or Roger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), de la [French duh-la] /French də la/ (Show IPA), Weyden, Rogier van der.
- paviour — a person that paves; paver.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- percuss — Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- perdure — to continue or last permanently; endure.
- perfume — a substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils.
- perfumy — perfumed; scented; fragrant
- perfuse — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- perique — a strong, rich-flavored tobacco produced in Louisiana, usually blended with other tobaccos.
- peritus — a Catholic theological expert and consultant who gives advice at an ecumenical council of the church
- perjure — 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.
- perjury — the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
- perk up — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- permute — to alter; change.
- perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- perseus — a son of Zeus and Danaë, who with Athena's help slew the Gorgon Medusa and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster
- persius — (Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- pertuse — punctured or perforated
- perugia — a city in central Umbria, in central Italy.
- peruked — having or wearing the type of hair-piece known as a peruke
- perukes — a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon; periwig.
- perusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- peruser — to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- peruzzi — Baldassare Tommaso [bahl-dahs-sah-re tawm-mah-zaw] /ˌbɑl dɑsˈsɑ rɛ tɔmˈmɑ zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1481–1536, Italian architect and painter.
- petrous — denoting the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- phrixus — a child who escaped on the back of a ram with his sister Helle from a plot against them. The fleece of the ram, which he sacrificed, was the Golden Fleece.
- picture — 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.
- pilular — of, relating to, or resembling pills.
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- piragua — Also, pirogue. a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk.
- pirogue — piragua (def 1).
- 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.
- pleuro- — of or relating to the side
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- plexure — the act of weaving together or something which has been interwoven
- plucker — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
- plugger — a person or thing that plugs.
- plumber — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumery — a collection of plumes
- plummer — the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- plumper — a heavy or sudden fall.
- plunder — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- plunger — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- plunker — a person or thing that plunks.
- popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- porirua — a city in New Zealand, on the North Island just north of Wellington. Pop: 50 600 (2004 est)
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- poulard — a hen spayed to improve the flesh for use as food.