8-letter words containing a, p, r, e
- ephemera — Things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.
- ephorate — The office of an ephor; ephors collectively.
- epicarps — Plural form of epicarp.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- epigrams — Plural form of epigram.
- epigraph — An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- epiphora — Excessive watering of the eye.
- escapers — Plural form of escaper.
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- espalier — A fruit tree or ornamental shrub whose branches are trained to grow flat against a wall, supported on a lattice or a framework of stakes.
- ethercap — a spider
- ettercap — a spider
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- euphoria — A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- euphrasy — eyebright
- european — geography
- ex parte — (of an application in a judicial proceeding) on behalf of one side or party only
- examplar — Alt form exemplar.
- exampler — (obsolete) A pattern; an exemplar.
- exemplar — A person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model.
- exocarps — Plural form of exocarp.
- exophora — Reference in a text or utterance to something external to it, which is only fully intelligible in terms of information about the extralinguistic situation.
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- expiator — One who makes expiation or atonement.
- expirant — a person who expires
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- firetrap — a building that, because of its age, material, structure, or the like, is especially dangerous in case of fire.
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- flappers — something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.
- flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flare-up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flareups — Plural form of flareup.
- flypaper — paper designed to destroy flies by catching them on its sticky surface or poisoning them on contact.
- forepart — the first, front, or early part.
- forepast — bygone
- forepaws — Plural form of forepaw.
- forepeak — the extreme forward part of the interior of a hull (opposed to afterpeak).
- foreplan — to plan in advance
- foreplay — sexual stimulation of one's partner, usually as a prelude to sexual intercourse.
- forspeak — to bewitch
- frame up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- frame-up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- frampler — a quarrelsome person; a brawler
- galloper — One who gallops.
- gap year — a period of time, usually an academic or calendar year, in which a student takes a break from school to travel, work, or volunteer, typically after ending high school and before starting college.
- gapeworm — a nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that causes gapes.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- geropiga — a grape syrup used to sweeten inferior port wines