8-letter words containing a, p, r, e, t
- departer — a person who refines metals by separating them from alloys
- depurant — purifying
- depurate — to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
- dipteral — dipterous.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dpsather — Data-parallel Sather. deterministic fine-grained parallelism. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://lynx.csis.dit.csiro.au/p/pub/ather/dpsather.papers.
- earth up — to cover (part of a plant, esp the stem) with soil in order to protect from frost, light, etc
- earthpea — the peanut.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- ephorate — The office of an ephor; ephors collectively.
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- ethercap — a spider
- ettercap — a spider
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- ex parte — (of an application in a judicial proceeding) on behalf of one side or party only
- expiator — One who makes expiation or atonement.
- expirant — a person who expires
- firetrap — a building that, because of its age, material, structure, or the like, is especially dangerous in case of fire.
- forepart — the first, front, or early part.
- forepast — bygone
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- griptape — a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- heptarch — A heptarchist.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- imparter — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- imperate — (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- malapert — unbecomingly bold or saucy.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
- operetta — a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- overpart — to give (an actor) too difficult a role
- painture — the art or act of painting
- palestra — a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- panthera — a genus of chiefly large cats that includes the snow leopard, tiger, leopard, jaguar, and lion, most having the ability to roar.
- parakeet — any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed, graduated tail, often kept as pets and noted for the ability to mimic speech: several species are endangered.
- parakite — a series of linked kites used to attain higher altitudes
- parament — a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.