8-letter words containing a, p, r, e, t
- pregnant — convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.
- premiate — to grant a prize or an award to.
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prepaste — to paste in advance
- preplant — occurring before planting
- pressfat — a wine vat
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- pretaste — a taste of what may be experienced later
- pretexta — praetexta.
- pretoria — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- pretrain — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- pretreat — to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment: to pretreat wood before staining it.
- pretrial — a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- rate-cap — In Britain, when a local council was rate-capped, the government prevented it from increasing local taxes called rates, in order to force the council to reduce its spending or make it more efficient.
- rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
- re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- reaccept — to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal.
- recaptor — someone who recaptures something that had been taken
- recarpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- red tape — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- repartee — a quick, witty reply.
- repeated — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- repeater — a person or thing that repeats.
- reptilia — the class comprising the reptiles.
- rerepeat — to repeat again
- reuptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- septaria — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- sharpest — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sparklet — a small spark.
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.