8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| personal | 10 | a short newspaper article about a particular person or group | - |
| peaceful | 15 | peacefully resistant in response to injustice | - |
| pentagon | 11 | a five-sided polygon | - |
| persuade | 11 | win approval or support for | - |
| peculiar | 12 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves |
| petition | 10 | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | - |
| perceive | 15 | to become aware of through the senses | I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon |
| perverse | 13 | resistant to guidance or discipline | a perverse mood |
| perished | 14 | - | - |
| pedestal | 11 | a support or foundation | - |
| peddling | 13 | the act of selling goods for a living | - |
| pedigree | 12 | the descendants of one individual | - |
| pendulum | 13 | an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity | - |
| perilous | 10 | fraught with danger | a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat |
| penitent | 10 | feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds | - |
| peekaboo | 16 | a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | - |
| pedicure | 13 | care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. | - |
| peroxide | 18 | a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels | - |
| perfumed | 16 | filled or impregnated with perfume | perfumed boudoir |
| periodic | 13 | recurring or reappearing from time to time | periodic feelings of anxiety |
| penchant | 15 | a strong liking | the Irish have a penchant for blarney |
| pectoral | 12 | either of two large muscles of the chest | - |
| pestered | 11 | troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances | her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions |
| peerless | 10 | eminent beyond or above comparison | a peerless scholar |
| penknife | 17 | a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens | - |
| pedantic | 13 | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | - |
| peephole | 15 | a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | - |
| petulant | 10 | easily irritated or annoyed | - |
| perfecto | 15 | - | - |
| pedagogy | 16 | the profession of a teacher | pedagogy is recognized as an important profession |
| pederast | 11 | a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner | - |
| pembroke | 18 | the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail | - |
| penalize | 19 | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | The students were penalized for showing up late for class |
| permeate | 12 | spread or diffuse through | An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration |
| perusing | 11 | reading carefully with intent to remember | - |
| pentacle | 12 | a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | - |
| perjured | 18 | - | - |
| perspire | 12 | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | - |
| pervaded | 15 | - | - |
| pennines | 10 | a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers | - |
| perfumer | 15 | a person who makes (and sells) perfumes | - |
| perineum | 12 | the general region between the anus and the genital organs | - |
| peacenik | 16 | someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations | - |
| penciled | 13 | drawn or written with a pencil | a penciled sketch |
| peepshow | 18 | an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass | - |
| pedantry | 14 | an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | - |
| pelvises | 13 | - | - |
| penlight | 14 | a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen | - |
| penumbra | 14 | a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra | - |
| perforce | 15 | - | - |
| personae | 10 | - | - |
| pervious | 13 | admitting of passage or entrance | pervious soil |
| peperoni | 12 | - | - |
| perineal | 10 | of or relating to the perineum | perineal pains |
| perjurer | 17 | a person who deliberately gives false testimony | - |
| peaberry | 15 | - | - |
| peabrain | 12 | - | - |
| peachers | 15 | - | - |
| peachick | 21 | a young peafowl | - |
| peachier | 15 | - | - |
| peachily | 18 | - | - |
| peaching | 16 | - | - |
| peacoats | 12 | - | - |
| peacocks | 18 | - | - |
| peacocky | 21 | - | - |
| peafowls | 16 | - | - |
| peakiest | 14 | - | - |
| peakings | 15 | - | - |
| peakless | 14 | - | - |
| peaklike | 18 | - | - |
| peanutty | 13 | - | - |
| pearcing | 13 | - | - |
| pearlash | 13 | - | - |
| pearlers | 10 | - | - |
| pearlier | 10 | - | - |
| pearlies | 10 | - | - |
| pearling | 11 | - | - |
| pearlins | 10 | - | - |
| pearlite | 10 | a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron | - |
| pearmain | 12 | any of several varieties of apples with red skins | - |
| peartest | 10 | - | - |
| pearwood | 14 | - | - |
| peasants | 10 | - | - |
| peasanty | 13 | - | - |
| peascods | 13 | - | - |
| peasecod | 13 | husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas | - |
| peatiest | 10 | - | - |
| peatland | 11 | - | - |
| peatship | 15 | - | - |
| pebblier | 14 | - | - |
| pebbling | 15 | - | - |
| pebibyte | 17 | a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes | - |
| pebrines | 12 | - | - |
| peccable | 16 | liable to sin | a frail and peccable mortal |
| peccancy | 19 | - | - |
| peccavis | 17 | - | - |
| peckiest | 16 | - | - |
| peckings | 17 | - | - |
| pecorini | 12 | - | - |
| pecorino | 12 | - | - |
| pectases | 12 | - | - |
| pectates | 12 | - | - |
| pectinal | 12 | - | - |
| pectinei | 12 | - | - |
| pectines | 12 | - | - |
| pectised | 13 | - | - |
| pectises | 12 | - | - |
| pectized | 22 | - | - |
| pectizes | 21 | - | - |
| pectoses | 12 | - | - |
| peculate | 12 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | - |
| peculium | 14 | - | - |
| pedagogs | 13 | - | - |
| pedalcar | 13 | - | - |
| pedalers | 11 | - | - |
| pedalfer | 14 | - | - |
| pedalier | 11 | - | - |
| pedaling | 12 | - | - |
| pedalled | 12 | - | - |
| pedaller | 11 | a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) | - |
| pedaloes | 11 | - | - |
| pedately | 14 | - | - |
| peddlers | 12 | - | - |
| peddlery | 15 | - | - |
| pederero | 11 | - | - |
| pedicabs | 15 | - | - |
| pedicels | 13 | - | - |
| pedicled | 14 | - | - |
| pedicles | 13 | - | - |
| pediculi | 13 | - | - |
| pediform | 16 | - | - |
| pediment | 13 | a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof | - |
| pedipalp | 15 | - | - |
| pedocals | 13 | - | - |
| pedology | 15 | the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | - |
| pedrails | 11 | - | - |
| pedreros | 11 | - | - |
| peduncle | 13 | a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain | - |
| peebeens | 12 | - | - |
| peekabos | 16 | - | - |
| peekapoo | 16 | - | - |
| peelable | 12 | - | - |
| peelings | 11 | - | - |
| peenging | 12 | - | - |
| peenings | 11 | - | - |
| peerages | 11 | - | - |
| peeriest | 10 | - | - |
| peesweep | 15 | - | - |
| peetweet | 13 | - | - |
| pegboard | 14 | a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted | - |
| pegboxes | 20 | - | - |
| peggiest | 12 | - | - |
| peggings | 13 | - | - |
| peignoir | 11 | a loose dressing gown for women | - |
| peincted | 13 | - | - |
| peishwah | 19 | - | - |
| peishwas | 16 | - | - |
| pejorate | 17 | - | - |
| pekepoos | 16 | - | - |
| pelagial | 11 | - | - |
| pelagian | 11 | - | - |
| pelagics | 13 | - | - |
| pelerine | 10 | - | - |
| pelicans | 12 | - | - |
| pelisses | 10 | - | - |
| pellachs | 15 | - | - |
| pellacks | 16 | - | - |
| pellagra | 11 | a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments | - |
| pelletal | 10 | - | - |
| pelleted | 11 | - | - |
| pellicle | 12 | thin protective membrane in some protozoa | - |
| pellmell | 12 | - | - |
| pellocks | 16 | - | - |
| pellucid | 13 | (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | pellucid prose |
| pelmatic | 14 | - | - |
| pelology | 14 | - | - |
| pelorian | 10 | - | - |
| pelorias | 10 | - | - |
| pelories | 10 | - | - |
| pelorism | 12 | - | - |
| pelotons | 10 | - | - |
| peltasts | 10 | - | - |
| peltered | 11 | - | - |
| peltings | 11 | - | - |
| peltless | 10 | - | - |
| peltries | 10 | - | - |
| pembinas | 14 | - | - |
| pemicans | 14 | - | - |
| pemmican | 16 | lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians | - |
| pemoline | 12 | - | - |
| pemphigi | 18 | - | - |
| penalise | 10 | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | - |
| penality | 13 | - | - |
| penanced | 13 | - | - |
| penances | 12 | - | - |
| penciler | 12 | - | - |
| pencraft | 15 | - | - |
| pendants | 11 | - | - |
| pendency | 16 | - | - |
| pendents | 11 | - | - |
| pendicle | 13 | - | - |
| pendular | 11 | - | - |
| pendules | 11 | - | - |
| penfolds | 14 | - | - |
| penguins | 11 | - | - |
| penicils | 12 | - | - |
| penlites | 10 | - | - |
| pennames | 12 | - | - |
| pennants | 10 | - | - |
| pennated | 11 | - | - |
| penneech | 15 | - | - |
| penneeck | 16 | - | - |
| pennoned | 11 | - | - |
| pennyboy | 18 | - | - |
| pennyfee | 16 | - | - |
| penoches | 15 | - | - |
| penology | 14 | the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation | - |
| penoncel | 12 | a small pennant borne on a lance | - |
| penpoint | 12 | - | - |
| pensione | 10 | - | - |
| pensioni | 10 | - | - |
| pensions | 10 | - | - |
| pensters | 10 | - | - |
| penstock | 16 | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | - |
| pentacts | 12 | - | - |
| pentadic | 13 | - | - |
| pentanes | 10 | - | - |
| pentanol | 10 | - | - |
| pentarch | 15 | - | - |
| pentenes | 10 | - | - |
| penthias | 13 | - | - |
| penticed | 13 | - | - |
| pentices | 12 | - | - |
| pentised | 11 | - | - |
| pentises | 10 | - | - |
| pentodes | 11 | - | - |
| pentomic | 14 | - | - |
| pentosan | 10 | - | - |
| pentoses | 10 | - | - |
| pentroof | 13 | - | - |
| penuches | 15 | - | - |
| penuchis | 15 | - | - |
| penuchle | 15 | a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | - |
| penuckle | 16 | - | - |
| penuries | 10 | - | - |
| penwiper | 15 | - | - |
| penwoman | 15 | - | - |
| penwomen | 15 | - | - |
| peonages | 11 | - | - |
| peonisms | 12 | - | - |
| peoplers | 12 | - | - |
| peopling | 13 | - | - |
| peperino | 12 | - | - |
| peploses | 12 | - | - |
| peplumed | 15 | - | - |
| pepluses | 12 | - | - |
| peponida | 13 | - | - |
| peponium | 14 | - | - |
| peppered | 15 | - | - |
| pepperer | 14 | - | - |
| peppiest | 14 | - | - |
| pepsines | 12 | - | - |
| peptalks | 16 | - | - |
| peptides | 13 | - | - |
| peptidic | 15 | - | - |
| peptised | 13 | - | - |
| peptiser | 12 | - | - |
| peptises | 12 | - | - |
| peptized | 22 | - | - |
| peptizer | 21 | - | - |
| peptizes | 21 | - | - |
| peptones | 12 | - | - |
| peptonic | 14 | - | - |
| pequiste | 19 | - | - |
| peracids | 13 | - | - |
| peracute | 12 | - | - |
| peraeons | 10 | - | - |
| perboric | 14 | - | - |
| percales | 12 | - | - |
| perceant | 12 | - | - |
| percents | 12 | - | - |
| percepts | 14 | - | - |
| perchers | 15 | - | - |
| perchery | 18 | - | - |
| perching | 16 | - | - |
| percines | 12 | - | - |
| percocts | 14 | - | - |
| percoids | 13 | - | - |
| percolin | 12 | - | - |
| perdendo | 12 | - | - |
| perdured | 12 | - | - |
| perdures | 11 | - | - |
| peregals | 11 | - | - |
| peregrin | 11 | - | - |
| pereions | 10 | - | - |
| pereiras | 10 | - | - |
| perentie | 10 | - | - |
| pereopod | 13 | - | - |
| perfecta | 15 | a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | - |
| perfecti | 15 | - | - |
| perfects | 15 | - | - |
| perfings | 14 | - | - |
| performs | 15 | - | - |
| perfumes | 15 | - | - |
| perfused | 14 | - | - |
| perfuses | 13 | - | - |
| pergolas | 11 | - | - |
| periagua | 11 | - | - |
| perianth | 13 | collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | - |
| periapts | 12 | - | - |
| periblem | 14 | - | - |
| periboli | 12 | - | - |
| pericarp | 14 | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary | - |
| pericope | 14 | - | - |
| periderm | 13 | - | - |
| peridial | 11 | - | - |
| peridium | 13 | outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi | - |
| peridote | 11 | - | - |
| peridots | 11 | - | - |
| perigeal | 11 | - | - |
| perigean | 11 | - | - |
| perigees | 11 | - | - |
| perigone | 11 | collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | - |
| perigons | 11 | - | - |
| perigyny | 17 | - | - |
| periling | 11 | - | - |
| perillas | 10 | - | - |
| perilled | 11 | - | - |
| perilune | 10 | periapsis in orbit around the moon | - |
| perioded | 12 | - | - |
| periodid | 12 | - | - |
| periosts | 10 | - | - |
| periotic | 12 | - | - |
| peripety | 15 | a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | - |
| periplus | 12 | - | - |
| peripter | 12 | - | - |
| periques | 19 | - | - |
| perisarc | 12 | - | - |
| perisher | 13 | bounder | - |
| perishes | 13 | - | - |
| periwigs | 14 | - | - |
| perjures | 17 | - | - |
| perkiest | 14 | - | - |
| perlites | 10 | - | - |
| perlitic | 12 | - | - |
| permatan | 12 | - | - |
| permeant | 12 | spreading or spread throughout | - |
| permease | 12 | - | - |
| permuted | 13 | - | - |
| permutes | 12 | - | - |
| pernancy | 15 | - | - |
| perogies | 11 | - | - |
| peroneal | 10 | of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee | - |
| peroneus | 10 | muscle of the lower leg that is involved in moving the foot | - |
| perorate | 10 | conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation | - |
| peroxids | 18 | - | - |
| perpends | 13 | - | - |
| perpents | 12 | - | - |
| perradii | 11 | - | - |
| perriers | 10 | - | - |
| perruque | 19 | - | - |
| persalts | 10 | - | - |
| persaunt | 10 | - | - |
| perseity | 13 | - | - |
| persicos | 12 | - | - |
| persicot | 12 | - | - |
| persists | 10 | - | - |
| personas | 10 | - | - |
| perspiry | 15 | - | - |
| persuing | 11 | - | - |
| perswade | 14 | - | - |
| pertains | 10 | - | - |
| pertaken | 14 | - | - |
| pertakes | 14 | - | - |
| perthite | 13 | - | - |
| pertness | 10 | inappropriate playfulness | - |
| perturbs | 12 | - | - |
| pertused | 11 | - | - |
| perusals | 10 | - | - |
| perusers | 10 | - | - |
| pervader | 14 | - | - |
| pervades | 14 | - | - |
| perverts | 13 | - | - |
| perviate | 13 | - | - |
| perviest | 13 | - | - |
| pesaunts | 10 | - | - |
| peskiest | 14 | - | - |
| pessimal | 12 | of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival | - |
| pessimum | 14 | of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival | - |
| pesterer | 10 | a persistently annoying person | - |
| pesthole | 13 | a breeding ground for epidemic disease | - |
| pestiest | 10 | - | - |
| pestling | 11 | - | - |
| petabyte | 15 | a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes | - |
| petaflop | 15 | - | - |
| petaline | 10 | - | - |
| petalism | 12 | - | - |
| petalled | 11 | (of flowers) having petals | - |
| petalody | 14 | - | - |
| petaloid | 11 | resembling a flower petal | - |
| petalous | 10 | (of flowers) having petals | - |
| petanque | 19 | - | - |
| petaries | 10 | - | - |
| petchary | 18 | a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird | - |
| petcocks | 18 | - | - |
| petechia | 15 | a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) | - |
| petering | 11 | - | - |
| peterman | 12 | - | - |
| petermen | 12 | - | - |
| petiolar | 10 | - | - |
| petioled | 11 | - | - |
| petioles | 10 | - | - |
| petitios | 10 | - | - |
| petitory | 13 | - | - |
| petnaper | 12 | - | - |
| petrales | 10 | - | - |
| petrific | 15 | - | - |
| petrolic | 12 | - | - |
| petronel | 10 | - | - |
| petrosal | 10 | - | - |
| pettable | 12 | - | - |
| pettedly | 14 | - | - |
| pettiest | 10 | - | - |
| pettifog | 14 | argue over petty things | - |
| pettings | 11 | - | - |
| pettling | 11 | - | - |
| petunias | 10 | - | - |
| petuntse | 10 | - | - |
| petuntze | 19 | - | - |
| pewterer | 13 | - | - |
| peyotism | 15 | - | - |
| peyotist | 13 | - | - |
| peytrals | 13 | - | - |
| peytrels | 13 | - | - |
| pezizoid | 29 | - | - |
