10-letter words starting with PE
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PE. This section showcases how PE at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with PE, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| permission | 14 | the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | - |
| personally | 15 | in the flesh; without involving anyone else | I went there personally |
| performing | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| perfection | 17 | an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | - |
| peacefully | 20 | in a peaceful manner | the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully |
| perception | 16 | becoming aware of something via the senses | - |
| percentage | 15 | a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) | - |
| persistent | 12 | continually recurring to the mind | - |
| persecuted | 15 | - | - |
| persuasive | 15 | intended or having the power to induce action or belief | persuasive eloquence |
| persuasion | 12 | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | - |
| perceptive | 19 | having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment | a perceptive eye |
| penicillin | 14 | any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases | - |
| pedestrian | 13 | lacking wit or imagination | a pedestrian movie plot |
| peppermint | 18 | herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring | - |
| percussion | 14 | the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments | - |
| peripheral | 17 | electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer | disk drives and printers are important peripherals |
| percolator | 14 | a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans | - |
| perversion | 15 | an aberrant sexual practice | - |
| pestilence | 14 | any epidemic disease with a high death rate | - |
| perpetuate | 14 | cause to continue or prevail | perpetuate a myth |
| perforated | 16 | having a hole cut through | a perforated eardrum |
| permafrost | 17 | ground that is permanently frozen | - |
| percentile | 14 | (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total | - |
| perpetuity | 17 | the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) | - |
| pernicious | 14 | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | - |
| penmanship | 19 | beautiful handwriting | - |
| permanence | 16 | the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration | - |
| periodical | 15 | happening or recurring at regular intervals | - |
| periwinkle | 19 | edible marine gastropod | - |
| peacemaker | 20 | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War | - |
| pediatrics | 15 | the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | - |
| personable | 14 | (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality | - |
| perspiring | 15 | - | - |
| peckerwood | 22 | bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects | - |
| perfidious | 16 | tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | the perfidious Judas |
| persisting | 13 | relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit | - |
| petitioner | 12 | someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right | - |
| perplexing | 22 | lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it |
| perversity | 18 | deliberately deviating from what is good | there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism |
| percussive | 17 | involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments | percussive music |
| pedophilia | 18 | a sexual attraction to children | - |
| pentameter | 14 | a verse line having five metrical feet | - |
| perilously | 15 | in a dangerous manner | - |
| perishable | 17 | food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated | - |
| perpetrate | 14 | perform an act, usually with a negative connotation | perpetrate a crime |
| penthouses | 15 | - | - |
| pepperidge | 18 | columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall | - |
| peculiarly | 17 | in a manner differing from the usual or expected | he's behaving rather peculiarly |
| peppercorn | 18 | pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground | - |
| perceptual | 16 | of or relating to the act of perceiving | perceptual stimulus |
| permissive | 17 | granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline | direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive |
| perversely | 18 | in a contrary disobedient manner | - |
| permanency | 19 | the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration | - |
| persecutor | 14 | someone who torments | - |
| peremptory | 19 | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power | a swaggering peremptory manner |
| peritoneal | 12 | of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum | peritoneal cancer |
| pejorative | 22 | expressing disapproval | - |
| penetrator | 12 | an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance) | - |
| pentagonal | 13 | of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon | - |
| pentathlon | 15 | an athletic contest consisting of five different events | - |
| pernickety | 21 | characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | - |
| peccadillo | 17 | a petty misdeed | - |
| pedagogics | 17 | the principles and methods of instruction | - |
| permeating | 15 | spreading or spread throughout | - |
| perplexity | 24 | trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | - |
| peashooter | 15 | - | - |
| penetrable | 14 | capable of being penetrated | penetrable defenses |
| percolated | 15 | - | - |
| perfective | 20 | the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action | - |
| petrifying | 19 | paralyzing with terror | - |
| peaberries | 14 | - | - |
| peacetimes | 16 | - | - |
| peachblows | 22 | - | - |
| peacherino | 17 | - | - |
| peachiness | 17 | - | - |
| peacockery | 23 | - | - |
| peacockier | 20 | - | - |
| peacocking | 21 | - | - |
| peacockish | 23 | - | - |
| peakedness | 17 | - | - |
| peanuttier | 12 | - | - |
| pearlashes | 15 | - | - |
| pearliness | 12 | - | - |
| pearlwares | 15 | - | - |
| pearlworts | 15 | - | - |
| pearmonger | 15 | - | - |
| peasantier | 12 | - | - |
| peasoupers | 14 | - | - |
| pebbledash | 20 | - | - |
| peccancies | 18 | - | - |
| peckerhead | 22 | - | - |
| pectinated | 15 | - | - |
| pectisable | 16 | - | - |
| pectizable | 25 | - | - |
| pectolites | 14 | - | - |
| pectorally | 17 | - | - |
| peculating | 15 | - | - |
| peculation | 14 | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | - |
| peculators | 14 | - | - |
| pedagogies | 15 | - | - |
| pedagogism | 17 | - | - |
| pedagogued | 16 | - | - |
| pedagogues | 15 | - | - |
| pedalboats | 15 | - | - |
| pedallings | 14 | - | - |
| pedantical | 15 | - | - |
| pedantised | 14 | - | - |
| pedantises | 13 | - | - |
| pedantisms | 15 | - | - |
| pedantized | 23 | - | - |
| pedantizes | 22 | - | - |
| pedantries | 13 | - | - |
| peddleries | 14 | - | - |
| pederastic | 15 | of homosexuality between a man and a boy | - |
| pedereroes | 13 | - | - |
| pedestaled | 14 | - | - |
| pediatrist | 13 | a specialist in the care of babies | - |
| pediculate | 15 | - | - |
| pediculous | 15 | - | - |
| pedicuring | 16 | - | - |
| pedicurist | 15 | - | - |
| pedimental | 15 | - | - |
| pedimented | 16 | - | - |
| pedipalpus | 17 | - | - |
| pedologies | 14 | - | - |
| pedologist | 14 | - | - |
| pedometers | 15 | - | - |
| pedophiles | 18 | - | - |
| pedophilic | 20 | - | - |
| pedorthics | 18 | - | - |
| pedorthist | 16 | - | - |
| peduncular | 15 | - | - |
| peelgarlic | 15 | - | - |
| peerlessly | 15 | - | - |
| pegmatites | 15 | - | - |
| pegmatitic | 17 | - | - |
| pejorating | 20 | - | - |
| pejoration | 19 | - | - |
| pelargonic | 15 | - | - |
| pelecypods | 20 | - | - |
| pellagrins | 13 | - | - |
| pellagrous | 13 | - | - |
| pelletised | 13 | - | - |
| pelletiser | 12 | - | - |
| pelletises | 12 | - | - |
| pelletized | 22 | - | - |
| pelletizer | 21 | - | - |
| pelletizes | 21 | - | - |
| pellicular | 14 | - | - |
| pellucidly | 18 | in a clear and lucid manner | - |
| pelmanisms | 16 | - | - |
| pelologies | 13 | - | - |
| peltations | 12 | - | - |
| peltmonger | 15 | - | - |
| pelvimeter | 17 | measuring instrument for performing pelvimetry | - |
| pelvimetry | 20 | measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible) | - |
| pelycosaur | 17 | large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America | - |
| pemphigoid | 21 | - | - |
| pemphigous | 20 | of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus | - |
| penalising | 13 | - | - |
| penalities | 12 | - | - |
| penalizing | 22 | - | - |
| penannular | 12 | - | - |
| pencilings | 15 | - | - |
| pencillers | 14 | - | - |
| pencilling | 15 | - | - |
| pendencies | 15 | - | - |
| pendentive | 16 | - | - |
| pendiclers | 15 | - | - |
| pendragons | 14 | - | - |
| pendulated | 14 | - | - |
| pendulates | 13 | - | - |
| penelopise | 14 | - | - |
| penelopize | 23 | - | - |
| peneplains | 14 | - | - |
| peneplanes | 14 | - | - |
| penetrably | 17 | - | - |
| penetralia | 12 | - | - |
| penetrance | 14 | - | - |
| penetrancy | 17 | - | - |
| penetrants | 12 | - | - |
| penetrated | 13 | - | - |
| penetrates | 12 | - | - |
| penfriends | 16 | - | - |
| penguinery | 16 | - | - |
| penholders | 16 | - | - |
| penicillia | 14 | - | - |
| penicillus | 14 | - | - |
| peninsular | 12 | of or forming or resembling a peninsula | peninsular isolation |
| peninsulas | 12 | - | - |
| penistones | 12 | - | - |
| penitences | 14 | - | - |
| penitently | 15 | showing remorse | - |
| pennaceous | 14 | - | - |
| pennalisms | 14 | - | - |
| pennatulae | 12 | - | - |
| pennatulas | 12 | - | - |
| pennillion | 12 | - | - |
| penninites | 12 | - | - |
| pennoncels | 14 | - | - |
| pennycress | 17 | any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi | - |
| pennylands | 16 | - | - |
| pennyroyal | 18 | Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil | - |
| pennyworth | 21 | the amount that can be bought for a penny | - |
| pennyworts | 18 | - | - |
| penologies | 13 | - | - |
| penologist | 13 | a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management | - |
| penoncelle | 14 | - | - |
| penpushers | 17 | - | - |
| penpushing | 18 | - | - |
| penserosos | 12 | - | - |
| pensieroso | 12 | - | - |
| pensionary | 15 | the beneficiary of a pension fund | - |
| pensioneer | 12 | - | - |
| pensioners | 12 | - | - |
| pensioning | 13 | - | - |
| pensionnat | 12 | - | - |
| penstemons | 14 | - | - |
| pentachord | 18 | - | - |
| pentagrams | 15 | - | - |
| pentagraph | 18 | - | - |
| pentahedra | 16 | - | - |
| pentalphas | 17 | - | - |
| pentangles | 13 | - | - |
| pentaploid | 15 | - | - |
| pentapodic | 17 | - | - |
| pentapolis | 14 | - | - |
| pentaprism | 16 | - | - |
| pentaquark | 25 | - | - |
| pentastich | 17 | - | - |
| pentastyle | 15 | - | - |
| pentathlum | 17 | - | - |
| pentatomic | 16 | - | - |
| pentatonic | 14 | relating to a pentatonic scale | - |
| penteteric | 14 | - | - |
| penthoused | 16 | - | - |
| pentimenti | 14 | - | - |
| pentimento | 14 | the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) | - |
| pentosanes | 12 | - | - |
| pentosides | 13 | - | - |
| pentoxides | 20 | - | - |
| pentstemon | 14 | - | - |
| pentylenes | 15 | - | - |
| penultimas | 14 | - | - |
| penumbrous | 16 | - | - |
| peoplehood | 18 | - | - |
| peopleless | 14 | - | - |
| peperomias | 16 | - | - |
| pepperiest | 16 | - | - |
| pepperings | 17 | - | - |
| peppermill | 18 | - | - |
| pepperonis | 16 | - | - |
| peppertree | 16 | - | - |
| pepperwort | 19 | annual herb used as salad green and garnish | - |
| pepsinated | 15 | - | - |
| pepsinates | 14 | - | - |
| pepsinogen | 15 | precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach | - |
| peptalking | 19 | - | - |
| peptidases | 15 | - | - |
| peptisable | 16 | - | - |
| peptizable | 25 | - | - |
| peptonised | 15 | - | - |
| peptoniser | 14 | - | - |
| peptonises | 14 | - | - |
| peptonized | 24 | - | - |
| peptonizer | 23 | - | - |
| peptonizes | 23 | - | - |
| peracidity | 18 | - | - |
| peraeopods | 15 | - | - |
| perborates | 14 | - | - |
| percalines | 14 | - | - |
| perceivers | 17 | - | - |
| perceiving | 18 | - | - |
| percheries | 17 | - | - |
| percherons | 17 | - | - |
| perchloric | 19 | - | - |
| perciforms | 19 | - | - |
| percipient | 16 | characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving | a percipient author |
| percocting | 17 | - | - |
| percoidean | 15 | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | - |
| percolable | 16 | - | - |
| percolates | 14 | - | - |
| percurrent | 14 | - | - |
| percursory | 17 | - | - |
| percussant | 14 | - | - |
| percussing | 15 | - | - |
| percussors | 14 | - | - |
| percutient | 14 | - | - |
| perdendosi | 14 | - | - |
| perditions | 13 | - | - |
| perdurable | 15 | very long lasting | the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent |
| perdurably | 18 | - | - |
| perdurance | 15 | - | - |
| peregrines | 13 | - | - |
| pereiopods | 15 | - | - |
| perennated | 13 | - | - |
| perennates | 12 | - | - |
| perennials | 12 | - | - |
| perfecters | 17 | - | - |
| perfectest | 17 | - | - |
| perfecting | 18 | - | - |
| perfectors | 17 | - | - |
| perfervors | 18 | - | - |
| perfervour | 18 | - | - |
| perficient | 17 | - | - |
| perfoliate | 15 | (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem | - |
| perforable | 17 | - | - |
| perforates | 15 | - | - |
| perforator | 15 | - | - |
| perforatus | 15 | - | - |
| performers | 17 | - | - |
| perfumiers | 17 | - | - |
| perfumiest | 17 | - | - |
| perfusates | 15 | - | - |
| perfusions | 15 | - | - |
| pergunnahs | 16 | - | - |
| periastron | 12 | - | - |
| periblasts | 14 | - | - |
| pericardia | 15 | - | - |
| pericarpic | 18 | - | - |
| pericenter | 14 | - | - |
| pericentre | 14 | - | - |
| periclases | 14 | - | - |
| periclinal | 14 | - | - |
| periclines | 14 | - | - |
| pericrania | 14 | - | - |
| periculous | 14 | - | - |
| pericycles | 19 | - | - |
| pericyclic | 21 | - | - |
| peridermal | 15 | - | - |
| peridermic | 17 | - | - |
| peridesmia | 15 | - | - |
| peridinian | 13 | flagellate with a thick test composed of plates | - |
| peridinium | 15 | type genus of the family Peridiniidae | - |
| peridotite | 13 | a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine | - |
| peridromes | 15 | - | - |
| periegeses | 13 | - | - |
| periegesis | 13 | - | - |
| perigonial | 13 | - | - |
| perigonium | 15 | collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | - |
| perigynies | 16 | - | - |
| perigynous | 16 | - | - |
| perihelial | 15 | - | - |
| perihelion | 15 | periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun | - |
| perikaryal | 19 | - | - |
| perikaryon | 19 | - | - |
| perilymphs | 22 | - | - |
| perimeters | 14 | - | - |
| perimetral | 14 | - | - |
| perimetric | 16 | - | - |
| perimorphs | 19 | - | - |
| perimysium | 19 | the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers | - |
| perinaeums | 14 | - | - |
| perineural | 12 | - | - |
| perineuria | 12 | - | - |
| periodates | 13 | - | - |
| periodides | 14 | - | - |
| periodised | 14 | - | - |
| periodises | 13 | - | - |
| periodized | 23 | - | - |
| periodizes | 22 | - | - |
| periosteal | 12 | - | - |
| periosteum | 14 | a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone | - |
| peripeteia | 14 | a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling |
| peripetian | 14 | - | - |
| peripetias | 14 | - | - |
| peripeties | 14 | - | - |
| peripheric | 19 | - | - |
| periphonic | 19 | - | - |
| periphrase | 17 | - | - |
| periphytic | 22 | - | - |
| periphyton | 20 | - | - |
| periplasms | 16 | - | - |
| periplasts | 14 | - | - |
| peripluses | 14 | - | - |
| periprocts | 16 | - | - |
| peripteral | 14 | having columns on all sides | - |
| perisarcal | 14 | - | - |
| periscians | 14 | - | - |
| periscopes | 16 | - | - |
| periscopic | 18 | - | - |
| perishably | 20 | - | - |
| perisperms | 16 | - | - |
| peristomal | 14 | - | - |
| peristomes | 14 | - | - |
| peristylar | 15 | having columniation completely circling an area of the structure | - |
| peristyles | 15 | - | - |
| peritectic | 16 | - | - |
| perithecia | 17 | - | - |
| peritonaea | 12 | - | - |
| peritoneum | 14 | a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera | - |
| peritracks | 18 | - | - |
| peritricha | 17 | - | - |
| peritrichs | 17 | - | - |
| periwigged | 18 | wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries | - |
| perjinkety | 26 | - | - |
| perjinkity | 26 | - | - |
| perjurious | 19 | - | - |
| perlemoens | 14 | - | - |
| permabears | 16 | - | - |
| permabulls | 16 | - | - |
| permalinks | 18 | - | - |
| permalloys | 17 | - | - |
| permanents | 14 | - | - |
| permeances | 16 | - | - |
| permeation | 14 | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance | - |
| permeative | 17 | spreading or spread throughout | armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations |
| permeators | 14 | - | - |
| permethrin | 17 | - | - |
| permillage | 15 | - | - |
| permittees | 14 | - | - |
| permitters | 14 | - | - |
| permitting | 15 | - | - |
| permutable | 16 | capable of changing sequence | - |
| permutably | 19 | - | - |
| permutated | 15 | - | - |
| permutates | 14 | - | - |
| pernancies | 14 | - | - |
| pernoctate | 14 | - | - |
| peroneuses | 12 | - | - |
| perorating | 13 | - | - |
| peroration | 12 | a flowery and highly rhetorical oration | - |
| perorators | 12 | - | - |
| perovskias | 19 | - | - |
| perovskite | 19 | - | - |
| peroxidase | 20 | any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide | - |
| peroxiding | 21 | - | - |
| peroxidise | 20 | - | - |
| peroxidize | 29 | - | - |
| peroxisome | 21 | - | - |
| perpending | 16 | - | - |
| perpetuals | 14 | - | - |
| perplexers | 21 | - | - |
| perquisite | 21 | an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right) | - |
| perruquier | 21 | - | - |
| persecutee | 14 | - | - |
| persecutes | 14 | - | - |
| perseities | 12 | - | - |
| perselines | 12 | - | - |
| persevered | 16 | - | - |
| perseveres | 15 | - | - |
| persicaria | 14 | - | - |
| persiennes | 12 | - | - |
| persiflage | 16 | light teasing | - |
| persifleur | 15 | - | - |
| persimmons | 16 | - | - |
| persisters | 12 | - | - |
| persistive | 15 | - | - |
| personably | 17 | - | - |
| personages | 13 | - | - |
| personalia | 12 | - | - |
| personalty | 15 | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) | - |
| personated | 13 | - | - |
| personates | 12 | - | - |
| personator | 12 | - | - |
| personhood | 16 | being a person | finding her own personhood as a campus activist |
| personised | 13 | - | - |
| personises | 12 | - | - |
| personized | 22 | - | - |
| personizes | 21 | - | - |
| personnels | 12 | - | - |
| perspirate | 14 | - | - |
| perspirier | 14 | - | - |
| perstringe | 13 | - | - |
| persuaders | 13 | - | - |
| persuading | 14 | - | - |
| persuasory | 15 | - | - |
| persulfate | 15 | - | - |
| perswading | 17 | - | - |
| pertaining | 13 | - | - |
| pertinence | 14 | relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | - |
| pertinency | 17 | relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | - |
| pertinents | 12 | - | - |
| pertnesses | 12 | - | - |
| perturbant | 14 | - | - |
| perturbate | 14 | - | - |
| perturbers | 14 | - | - |
| perturbing | 15 | causing distress or worry or anxiety | a revelation that was most perturbing |
| pertusions | 12 | - | - |
| pervasions | 15 | - | - |
| perversest | 15 | - | - |
| perversive | 18 | tending to corrupt or pervert | - |
| perverters | 15 | - | - |
| perverting | 16 | - | - |
| perviating | 16 | - | - |
| perviously | 18 | - | - |
| peshmergas | 18 | - | - |
| pessimisms | 16 | - | - |
| pessimists | 14 | - | - |
| pesterment | 14 | - | - |
| pesthouses | 15 | - | - |
| pesticidal | 15 | - | - |
| pesticides | 15 | - | - |
| petalodies | 13 | - | - |
| petameters | 14 | - | - |
| petametres | 14 | - | - |
| petaurines | 12 | - | - |
| petaurists | 12 | - | - |
| petcharies | 17 | - | - |
