6-letter words containing s, p, r
- per se — by, of, for, or in itself; intrinsically: This candidate is not a pacifist per se, but he is in favor of peaceful solutions when practicable. Synonyms: innately, inherently, indigenously, fundamentally.
- perdus — hidden; concealed; obscured.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perlis — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- perses — a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- persia — Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- persis — an ancient region of SW Iran: homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty
- person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- peruse — to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- pesaro — a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- pester — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- pharos — a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phasor — a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- phrase — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phrasy — characterized by the use of many phrases
- pieris — any plant of a genus, Pieris, of American and Asiatic shrubs, esp P. formosa forrestii, grown for the bright red colour of its young foliage: family Ericaceae
- pisher — a young boy or person who still has little experience
- pisser — something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- pliers — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- poiser — a person or thing that poises.
- porism — a type of mathematical proposition considered by Euclid, the meaning of which is now obscure. It is thought to be a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions
- pornos — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- porose — having pores; porous
- porous — full of pores.
- porson — Richard. 1759–1808, English classical scholar, noted for his editions of Aeschylus and Euripides
- poseur — a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- posser — a short stick used for stirring clothes in a washtub
- poster — post horse.
- powers — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prasad — Rajendra [rah-jen-druh] /rɑˈdʒɛn drə/ (Show IPA), 1884–1963, first president of the Republic of India 1950–62.
- prases — a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praxes — practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- praxis — practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- preces — prayers
- precis — a concise summary.
- presb. — Presbyterian
- preset — to set beforehand.
- prespa — Lake, a lake on the borders of E Albania, SW Macedonia, and N Greece: drains underground NW to Lake Ohrid. 112 sq. mi. (290 sq. km).
- pressy — A pressy is something that you give to someone, for example at Christmas, or when you visit them.
- presto — quickly, rapidly, or immediately.
- priers — a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- priest — a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- primus — Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- prised — pry2 .
- prises — pry2 .
- prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- prissy — excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
- proems — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- proles — a member of the proletariat.