These are the meanings of the letters PERDRIX when you unscramble them.
- direr (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.
- Drier (n.)
Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.
- Drier (n.)
One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
- Drier (superl.)
Alt. of Driest
- Pride (n.)
A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
- Pride (n.)
A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
- Pride (n.)
Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
- Pride (n.)
Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
- Pride (n.)
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
- Pride (n.)
Show; ostentation; glory.
- Pride (n.)
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
- Pride (n.)
The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
- Pride (v. i.)
To be proud; to glory.
- Pride (v. t.)
To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.
- Pried ()
imp. & p. p. of Pry.
- Pried (imp. & p. p.)
of Pry
- Prier (n.)
One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or is inquisitive.
- redip (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.
- Rider (n.)
A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
- Rider (n.)
A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
- Rider (n.)
A robber.
- Rider (n.)
A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.
- Rider (n.)
An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
- Rider (n.)
An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
- Rider (n.)
Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
- Rider (n.)
One who breaks or manages a horse.
- Rider (n.)
One who, or that which, rides.
- Rider (n.)
Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
- Rider (n.)
The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
- riped (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.
- riper (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.