7-letter words containing a, p, e, r
- kiepura — Jan (Wiktor) [yahn vik-tawr] /yɑn ˈvɪk tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904?–66, Polish tenor.
- knapper — One who knaps.
- lampern — The European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis.
- lampers — lampas.
- lamprey — any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood.
- lapsers — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- leapers — Plural form of leaper.
- lempira — a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- leopard — a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- leppard — Raymond. born 1927, British conductor and musicologist, in the US from 1977: noted esp for his revivals of early opera
- leproma — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- lipread — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- mampoer — a home-distilled brandy made from peaches, prickly pears, etc
- manrope — a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- mappery — the using of maps
- maspero — Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- meropia — partial blindness.
- morphea — (medicine) localized scleroderma.
- nappers — Plural form of napper.
- nappier — Comparative form of nappy.
- operand — a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- operant — operating; producing effects.
- operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- oropesa — a float used in minesweeping
- orphean — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- overapt — too apt or having an excessive tendency (to)
- overlap — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overpay — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- paddler — a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
- padrone — a master; boss.
- painter — cougar.
- palaver — a conference or discussion.
- palermo — an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
- palfrey — a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse.
- pampero — a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
- pampers — disposable diapers of soft, absorbent paper with an outer covering of thin plastic
- pandore — an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- pandure — bandore.
- pannier — a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- panther — the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- pantler — a pantry servant
- panurge — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- papaver — a genus of poppies including over 120 species
- paperer — a paperhanger.
- paraben — any ester of parahydroxybenzoic acid, some of which are used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals and have been found in breast cancer tumours
- parable — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- paracme — the point at which a fever lessens
- parapet — Fortification. a defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification. an elevation raised above the main wall or rampart of a permanent fortification.
- parbake — to partially bake
- parched — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.