7-letter words containing a, n, p, r
- puritan — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- rampant — violent in action or spirit; raging; furious: a rampant leopard.
- ramping — a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rampion — a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- rangpur — a variety of mandarin orange, bearing a tart fruit.
- rapidan — a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.
- rapping — a quick, smart, or light blow: a rap on the knuckles with a ruler.
- rappini — the leaves of the turnip, Brassica rapa, eaten cooked or raw as greens.
- rasping — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- reaping — to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- repaint — to paint again: to repaint the house.
- repanel — to panel again or anew
- replant — to plant again.
- repoman — man employed to repossess goods in cases of non-payment
- reptant — repent2 .
- respawn — (of a character or item in a video game) to reenter an existing game environment at a fixed point after having been defeated or otherwise removed from play: If another player character has already opened the treasure chest, you will have to wait a few minutes for the chest to respawn.
- sharpen — knife: make sharper
- snapper — any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
- soprano — the uppermost part or voice.
- spanker — Nautical. a fore-and-aft sail on the aftermost lower mast of a sailing vessel having three or more masts. a designation given to the mast abaft a mizzenmast, usually the aftermost mast in any vessel.
- spanner — a person or thing that spans.
- sparing — kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
- spartan — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- spirant — fricative (def 2).
- sporran — (in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- spraint — a piece of otter's dung
- suntrap — sunny enclosed area
- syncarp — an aggregate fruit.
- trapani — a seaport in NW Sicily.
- trepang — any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- triptan — any of various drugs used to treat migraine headaches
- undrape — to strip of drapery; uncover.
- unpaper — to remove paper from
- unpared — to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
- unraped — not having been raped: Even if he is found not guilty, it doesn't make his victim unraped.
- unsharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- unstrap — to take off or slacken the strap of.
- uptrain — to train up, to teach or educate
- uruapan — a city in central Michoacán, in SW Mexico: near Paricutín volcano.
- warping — to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.