9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| perfectly | 19 | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | a perfectly idiotic idea |
| permanent | 13 | a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals | - |
| personnel | 11 | group of people willing to obey orders | - |
| perimeter | 13 | the size of something as given by the distance around it | - |
| penetrate | 11 | enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members | - |
| penthouse | 14 | an apartment located on the top floors of a building | - |
| perverted | 15 | having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | a perverted translation of the poem |
| peninsula | 11 | a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
| performer | 16 | an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience | - |
| perpetual | 13 | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy |
| perceived | 17 | detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues | a perceived threat |
| pedophile | 17 | an adult who is sexually attracted to children | - |
| perfected | 17 | (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed | a graceful but not yet fully perfected literary style |
| petrified | 15 | - | - |
| penniless | 11 | not having enough money to pay for necessities | - |
| pestering | 12 | causing irritation or annoyance | swarms of pestering gnats |
| petroleum | 13 | a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | - |
| pepperoni | 15 | a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage) | - |
| pesticide | 14 | a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects) | - |
| persevere | 14 | be persistent, refuse to stop | - |
| perchance | 18 | by chance | - |
| persecute | 13 | cause to suffer | Some religious groups are persecuted in some countries |
| pertinent | 11 | being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | - |
| pentagram | 14 | a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | - |
| periscope | 15 | an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field | - |
| pessimist | 13 | a person who expects the worst | - |
| pendragon | 13 | the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons | - |
| perplexed | 21 | full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment | perplexed language |
| pensioner | 11 | the beneficiary of a pension fund | - |
| pervasive | 17 | spreading or spread throughout | the pervasive odor of garlic |
| penalized | 21 | - | - |
| peacetime | 15 | a period of time during which there is no war | - |
| personage | 12 | a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | - |
| perennial | 11 | recurring again and again | perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements |
| petticoat | 13 | undergarment worn under a skirt | - |
| persimmon | 15 | any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros | - |
| perturbed | 14 | thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term) | - |
| pessimism | 15 | a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things | - |
| pediatric | 14 | of or relating to the medical care of children | pediatric dentist |
| penitence | 13 | remorse for your past conduct | - |
| perdition | 12 | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell |
| periphery | 19 | the outside boundary or surface of something | - |
| petechial | 16 | - | - |
| permeated | 14 | - | - |
| pettiness | 11 | the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | - |
| perishing | 15 | - | - |
| pestilent | 11 | likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease | a pestilential malignancy in the air |
| peaceable | 15 | inclined or disposed to peace | they met in a peaceable spirit |
| pedometer | 14 | measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking | - |
| peregrine | 12 | a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry | - |
| peasantry | 14 | the class of peasants | - |
| pedigreed | 14 | having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | - |
| pencilled | 14 | drawn or written with a pencil | - |
| pendulous | 12 | having branches or flower heads that bend downward | the pendulous branches of a weeping willow |
| permeable | 15 | allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through | permeable membranes |
| personify | 17 | represent, as of a character on stage | - |
| persuader | 12 | someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | - |
| petechiae | 16 | - | - |
| petulance | 13 | an irritable petulant feeling | - |
| perfumery | 19 | an establishment where perfumes are made | - |
| pervading | 16 | - | - |
| petersham | 16 | - | - |
| peaceably | 18 | in a peaceable manner | the tenant paying the rent hereby reserved and performing the several covenants herein on his part contained shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premises |
| pecuniary | 16 | relating to or involving money | he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services |
| penalised | 12 | - | - |
| percolate | 13 | permeate or penetrate gradually | - |
| perforate | 14 | having a hole cut through | a perforated eardrum |
| pedagogue | 14 | someone who educates young people | - |
| pederasty | 15 | sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) | - |
| personate | 11 | attribute human qualities to something | The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous |
| pertussis | 11 | a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane | - |
| penholder | 15 | - | - |
| perfusing | 15 | - | - |
| permutate | 13 | - | - |
| perspired | 14 | - | - |
| peabrains | 13 | - | - |
| peaceless | 13 | - | - |
| peaceniks | 17 | - | - |
| peachblow | 21 | - | - |
| peachicks | 22 | - | - |
| peachiest | 16 | - | - |
| peacocked | 20 | - | - |
| peakiness | 15 | - | - |
| pearliest | 11 | - | - |
| pearlings | 12 | - | - |
| pearlised | 12 | - | - |
| pearlites | 11 | - | - |
| pearlitic | 13 | - | - |
| pearlized | 21 | - | - |
| pearlware | 14 | - | - |
| pearlwort | 14 | any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls | - |
| pearmains | 13 | - | - |
| peartness | 11 | - | - |
| pearwoods | 15 | - | - |
| peasecods | 14 | - | - |
| peasouper | 13 | - | - |
| peataries | 11 | - | - |
| peateries | 11 | - | - |
| peatlands | 12 | - | - |
| peatships | 16 | - | - |
| pebbliest | 15 | - | - |
| pebblings | 16 | - | - |
| pebibytes | 18 | - | - |
| peccantly | 18 | - | - |
| peccaries | 15 | - | - |
| peckishly | 23 | - | - |
| pecorinos | 13 | - | - |
| pectinals | 13 | - | - |
| pectinate | 13 | like a comb | - |
| pectineal | 13 | of or relating to the pubis | - |
| pectineus | 13 | - | - |
| pectinous | 13 | - | - |
| pectising | 14 | - | - |
| pectizing | 23 | - | - |
| pectolite | 13 | - | - |
| pectorals | 13 | - | - |
| peculated | 14 | - | - |
| peculates | 13 | - | - |
| peculator | 13 | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | - |
| peculiars | 13 | - | - |
| pecunious | 13 | - | - |
| pedagogic | 16 | of or relating to pedagogy | pedagogical significance |
| pedalboat | 14 | - | - |
| pedalcars | 14 | - | - |
| pedalfers | 15 | - | - |
| pedaliers | 12 | - | - |
| pedallers | 12 | - | - |
| pedalling | 13 | - | - |
| pedantise | 12 | - | - |
| pedantism | 14 | - | - |
| pedantize | 21 | - | - |
| pedatifid | 16 | - | - |
| peddlings | 14 | - | - |
| pederasts | 12 | - | - |
| pedereros | 12 | - | - |
| pedestals | 12 | - | - |
| pedicular | 14 | - | - |
| pediculus | 14 | type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans | - |
| pedicured | 15 | - | - |
| pedicures | 14 | - | - |
| pedigrees | 13 | - | - |
| pediments | 14 | - | - |
| pedipalpi | 16 | whip scorpions | - |
| pedipalps | 16 | - | - |
| pedlaries | 12 | - | - |
| pedleries | 12 | - | - |
| pedocalic | 16 | - | - |
| pedogenic | 15 | - | - |
| pedologic | 15 | - | - |
| pedorthic | 17 | - | - |
| pedreroes | 12 | - | - |
| peduncled | 15 | - | - |
| peduncles | 14 | - | - |
| peekaboos | 17 | - | - |
| peekapoos | 17 | - | - |
| peengeing | 13 | - | - |
| peepholes | 16 | - | - |
| peepshows | 19 | - | - |
| peeresses | 11 | - | - |
| peesweeps | 16 | - | - |
| peetweets | 14 | - | - |
| peevishly | 20 | in a peevish manner | - |
| pegasuses | 12 | - | - |
| pegboards | 15 | - | - |
| peglegged | 15 | - | - |
| pegmatite | 14 | a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements | - |
| peignoirs | 12 | - | - |
| peincting | 14 | - | - |
| peirastic | 13 | - | - |
| peishwahs | 20 | - | - |
| pejorated | 19 | - | - |
| pejorates | 18 | - | - |
| pelagials | 12 | - | - |
| pelagians | 12 | - | - |
| pelecypod | 19 | bivalve | - |
| pelerines | 11 | - | - |
| pellagras | 12 | - | - |
| pellagrin | 12 | - | - |
| pelletify | 17 | - | - |
| pelleting | 12 | - | - |
| pelletise | 11 | - | - |
| pelletize | 20 | - | - |
| pellicles | 13 | - | - |
| pellitory | 14 | a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache | - |
| pellmells | 13 | - | - |
| pelmanism | 15 | - | - |
| pelorised | 12 | - | - |
| pelorisms | 13 | - | - |
| pelorized | 21 | - | - |
| peloruses | 11 | - | - |
| peltately | 14 | - | - |
| peltation | 11 | - | - |
| peltering | 12 | - | - |
| peltingly | 15 | - | - |
| pelviform | 19 | - | - |
| pembrokes | 19 | - | - |
| pemmicans | 17 | - | - |
| pemolines | 13 | - | - |
| pemphigus | 19 | a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane | - |
| pemphixes | 25 | - | - |
| penalises | 11 | - | - |
| penalizes | 20 | - | - |
| penalties | 11 | - | - |
| penancing | 14 | - | - |
| penchants | 16 | - | - |
| pencilers | 13 | - | - |
| penciling | 14 | - | - |
| penciller | 13 | - | - |
| pencrafts | 16 | - | - |
| pendantly | 15 | - | - |
| pendently | 15 | - | - |
| pendicler | 14 | - | - |
| pendicles | 14 | - | - |
| pendulate | 12 | - | - |
| penduline | 12 | - | - |
| pendulums | 14 | - | - |
| peneplain | 13 | a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | - |
| peneplane | 13 | a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | - |
| penetrant | 11 | - | - |
| penfriend | 15 | - | - |
| penguinry | 15 | - | - |
| penicilli | 13 | - | - |
| penillion | 11 | - | - |
| penistone | 11 | - | - |
| penitency | 16 | - | - |
| penitents | 11 | - | - |
| penknives | 18 | - | - |
| penlights | 15 | - | - |
| pennalism | 13 | - | - |
| pennatula | 11 | type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens | - |
| penneechs | 16 | - | - |
| penneecks | 17 | - | - |
| penniform | 16 | - | - |
| penninite | 11 | - | - |
| pennoncel | 13 | a small pennant borne on a lance | - |
| pennyboys | 19 | - | - |
| pennyfees | 17 | - | - |
| pennyland | 15 | - | - |
| pennywise | 17 | - | - |
| pennywort | 17 | - | - |
| penoncels | 13 | - | - |
| penpoints | 13 | - | - |
| penpusher | 16 | a clerk who does boring paperwork | - |
| penseroso | 11 | - | - |
| pensility | 14 | - | - |
| pensioned | 12 | - | - |
| pensiones | 11 | - | - |
| pensively | 17 | in a pensive manner | pensively he stared at the painting |
| penstemon | 13 | large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America | - |
| penstocks | 17 | - | - |
| pentacles | 13 | - | - |
| pentagons | 12 | - | - |
| pentalogy | 15 | - | - |
| pentalpha | 16 | - | - |
| pentamery | 16 | - | - |
| pentangle | 12 | a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | - |
| pentanoic | 13 | - | - |
| pentanols | 11 | - | - |
| pentapody | 17 | - | - |
| pentarchs | 16 | - | - |
| pentarchy | 19 | - | - |
| pentathla | 14 | - | - |
| penticing | 14 | - | - |
| pentising | 12 | - | - |
| pentosane | 11 | - | - |
| pentosans | 11 | - | - |
| pentoside | 12 | - | - |
| pentoxide | 19 | an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule | - |
| pentroofs | 14 | - | - |
| pentylene | 14 | - | - |
| penuchles | 16 | - | - |
| penuckles | 17 | - | - |
| penultima | 13 | the next to last syllable in a word | - |
| penumbrae | 15 | - | - |
| penumbral | 15 | of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around an umbra | - |
| penumbras | 15 | - | - |
| penurious | 11 | not having enough money to pay for necessities | - |
| penwipers | 16 | - | - |
| peperinos | 13 | - | - |
| peperomia | 15 | any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage | - |
| peperonis | 13 | - | - |
| peponidas | 14 | - | - |
| peponiums | 15 | - | - |
| pepperbox | 24 | - | - |
| pepperers | 15 | - | - |
| pepperier | 15 | - | - |
| peppering | 16 | - | - |
| peppiness | 15 | liveliness and energy | - |
| pepsinate | 13 | - | - |
| peptalked | 18 | - | - |
| pepticity | 18 | - | - |
| peptidase | 14 | any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | - |
| peptisers | 13 | - | - |
| peptising | 14 | - | - |
| peptizers | 22 | - | - |
| peptizing | 23 | - | - |
| peptonise | 13 | - | - |
| peptonize | 22 | - | - |
| pequistes | 20 | - | - |
| peraeopod | 14 | - | - |
| perborate | 13 | - | - |
| percaline | 13 | - | - |
| perceable | 15 | - | - |
| perceiver | 16 | a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | - |
| perceives | 16 | - | - |
| percental | 13 | - | - |
| percheron | 16 | one of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery | - |
| perchings | 17 | - | - |
| perciform | 18 | - | - |
| percocted | 16 | - | - |
| percolins | 13 | - | - |
| percussed | 14 | - | - |
| percusses | 13 | - | - |
| percussor | 13 | (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes | - |
| perduring | 13 | - | - |
| peregrins | 12 | - | - |
| pereiopod | 14 | - | - |
| perennate | 11 | survive from season to season, of plants | - |
| perennity | 14 | - | - |
| perenties | 11 | - | - |
| pereopods | 14 | - | - |
| perfectas | 16 | - | - |
| perfecter | 16 | a skilled worker who perfects something | although not the inventor he must be recognized as the perfecter of this technique |
| perfector | 16 | - | - |
| perfectos | 16 | - | - |
| perfervid | 18 | characterized by intense emotion | - |
| perfervor | 17 | - | - |
| perfidies | 15 | - | - |
| perforans | 14 | - | - |
| perforant | 14 | - | - |
| performed | 17 | - | - |
| perfumers | 16 | - | - |
| perfumier | 16 | - | - |
| perfuming | 17 | - | - |
| perfusate | 14 | - | - |
| perfusion | 14 | pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels) | - |
| perfusive | 17 | - | - |
| pergunnah | 15 | - | - |
| perhapses | 16 | - | - |
| periaguas | 12 | - | - |
| periaktoi | 15 | - | - |
| periaktos | 15 | - | - |
| perianths | 14 | - | - |
| periapses | 13 | - | - |
| periapsis | 13 | (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited | - |
| periblast | 13 | - | - |
| periblems | 15 | - | - |
| periboloi | 13 | - | - |
| peribolos | 13 | - | - |
| peribolus | 13 | - | - |
| pericarps | 15 | - | - |
| periclase | 13 | a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium | - |
| pericline | 13 | - | - |
| pericones | 13 | - | - |
| pericopae | 15 | - | - |
| pericopal | 15 | - | - |
| pericopes | 15 | - | - |
| pericopic | 17 | - | - |
| pericycle | 18 | - | - |
| periderms | 14 | - | - |
| peridinia | 12 | - | - |
| peridiums | 14 | - | - |
| peridotes | 12 | - | - |
| peridotic | 14 | - | - |
| peridrome | 14 | - | - |
| perigones | 12 | - | - |
| perigonia | 12 | - | - |
| perihelia | 14 | - | - |
| perikarya | 18 | - | - |
| perilling | 12 | - | - |
| perilunes | 11 | - | - |
| perilymph | 21 | the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
| perimetry | 16 | - | - |
| perimorph | 18 | - | - |
| perimysia | 16 | - | - |
| perinaeum | 13 | - | - |
| perinatal | 11 | occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after) | perinatal mortality |
| perineums | 13 | - | - |
| periodate | 12 | - | - |
| periodide | 13 | - | - |
| periodids | 13 | - | - |
| perioding | 13 | - | - |
| periodise | 12 | - | - |
| periodize | 21 | - | - |
| periostea | 11 | - | - |
| periotics | 13 | - | - |
| peripatus | 13 | any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | - |
| peripetia | 13 | a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | - |
| periplasm | 15 | - | - |
| periplast | 13 | - | - |
| periproct | 15 | - | - |
| peripters | 13 | - | - |
| periptery | 16 | - | - |
| perisarcs | 13 | - | - |
| periscian | 13 | - | - |
| perishers | 14 | - | - |
| perisperm | 15 | the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds | - |
| peristome | 13 | (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule | - |
| peristyle | 14 | a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court | - |
| peritonea | 11 | - | - |
| peritrack | 17 | - | - |
| peritrich | 16 | - | - |
| perjurers | 18 | - | - |
| perjuries | 18 | - | - |
| perjuring | 19 | - | - |
| perjurous | 18 | - | - |
| perkiness | 15 | inappropriate playfulness | - |
| perlemoen | 13 | - | - |
| permabear | 15 | - | - |
| permabull | 15 | - | - |
| permalink | 17 | - | - |
| permalloy | 16 | an 80/20 alloy of nickel and iron; easily magnetized and demagnetized | - |
| permatans | 13 | - | - |
| permeably | 18 | - | - |
| permeance | 15 | - | - |
| permeants | 13 | - | - |
| permeases | 13 | - | - |
| permeates | 13 | - | - |
| permeator | 13 | - | - |
| permitted | 14 | - | - |
| permittee | 13 | - | - |
| permitter | 13 | - | - |
| permuting | 14 | - | - |
| perniones | 11 | - | - |
| perorally | 14 | - | - |
| perorated | 12 | - | - |
| perorates | 11 | - | - |
| perorator | 11 | - | - |
| perovskia | 18 | - | - |
| peroxided | 20 | - | - |
| peroxides | 19 | - | - |
| peroxidic | 21 | - | - |
| perpended | 15 | - | - |
| perplexer | 20 | - | - |
| perplexes | 20 | - | - |
| perradial | 12 | - | - |
| perradius | 12 | - | - |
| perruques | 20 | - | - |
| perseline | 11 | - | - |
| persicots | 13 | - | - |
| persienne | 11 | - | - |
| persisted | 12 | - | - |
| persister | 11 | - | - |
| personals | 11 | - | - |
| personise | 11 | - | - |
| personize | 20 | - | - |
| personned | 12 | - | - |
| perspexes | 20 | - | - |
| perspires | 13 | - | - |
| persuaded | 13 | - | - |
| persuades | 12 | - | - |
| perswaded | 16 | - | - |
| perswades | 15 | - | - |
| pertained | 12 | - | - |
| pertaking | 16 | - | - |
| perthites | 14 | - | - |
| perthitic | 16 | - | - |
| perturber | 13 | - | - |
| pertusate | 11 | - | - |
| pertusion | 11 | - | - |
| pertussal | 11 | - | - |
| pertusses | 11 | - | - |
| perusable | 13 | - | - |
| pervaders | 15 | - | - |
| pervasion | 14 | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance | - |
| perverser | 14 | - | - |
| perverter | 14 | - | - |
| perviated | 15 | - | - |
| perviates | 14 | - | - |
| pervicacy | 21 | - | - |
| peshmerga | 17 | a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state | - |
| peskiness | 15 | - | - |
| pessaries | 11 | - | - |
| pesterers | 11 | - | - |
| pesterous | 11 | - | - |
| pestholes | 14 | - | - |
| pesthouse | 14 | hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | - |
| pestology | 15 | - | - |
| petabytes | 16 | - | - |
| petaflops | 16 | - | - |
| petahertz | 23 | - | - |
| petalisms | 13 | - | - |
| petallike | 15 | resembling a petal | - |
| petalodic | 14 | - | - |
| petameter | 13 | - | - |
| petametre | 13 | - | - |
| petanques | 20 | - | - |
| petasoses | 11 | - | - |
| petasuses | 11 | - | - |
| petaurine | 11 | - | - |
| petaurist | 11 | - | - |
| pethidine | 15 | - | - |
| petillant | 11 | - | - |
| petiolate | 11 | - | - |
| petiolule | 11 | the stalk of a leaflet | - |
| petitions | 11 | - | - |
| petnapers | 13 | - | - |
| petnaping | 14 | - | - |
| petnapped | 16 | - | - |
| petnapper | 15 | - | - |
