7-letter words containing a, p, e, r
- prelate — an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- preload — If someone preloads, they drink a lot of alcohol before they go out for a social occasion.
- premade — made in advance
- premeal — of the period before a meal
- prename — given name.
- preoral — situated in front of or before the mouth.
- prepack — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- prepaid — to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan.
- prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- prepave — to plan a journey (esp spiritual) in advance
- preplan — to plan beforehand
- prepupa — an insect in the nonfeeding, inactive stage between the larval period and the pupal period.
- prerace — of the period before a race
- presage — a presentiment or foreboding.
- presale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- presoak — to soak (laundry) in a liquid containing agents that loosen dirt, remove stains, etc., before washing.
- pretape — to record in advance of broadcast
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- prewarm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- prewarn — to warn in advance
- prewash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- prewrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- primage — a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.
- primate — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- prisage — the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- private — privacy
- probate — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- proface — much good may it do you!
- profane — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- pronate — to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- propage — to (cause to) reproduce
- propale — to publish, or disclose (something)
- propane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 8 , of the alkane series, occurring in petroleum and natural gas: used chiefly as a fuel and in organic synthesis.
- prorate — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- protean — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- psather — (language) A parallel extension of Sather for a clustered shared memory model. It features threads synchronised by monitor objects ("gates"); locality assertions and placement operators. There is an implementation for the CM-5.
- pteroma — pteron.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- puberal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pugaree — pugree.
- pyrexia — fever.
- rake up — an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- rampage — violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
- rampike — a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.
- rapable — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- raphael — (Raffaello Santi or Sanzio) 1483–1520, Italian painter.
- raphide — any of numerous needle-shaped crystals, usually of calcium oxalate, that occur in many plant cells as a metabolic product
- rapider — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.