8-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- parazoan — any member of a group of invertebrates comprising the phylum Porifera, the sponges.
- parazoon — an animal parasite
- parcener — a joint heir; coheir.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parental — of or relating to a parent.
- parented — a father or a mother.
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- parishen — a parishioner
- parisian — a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
- parkland — a grassland region with isolated or grouped trees, usually in temperate regions.
- parlance — a way or manner of speaking; vernacular; idiom: legal parlance.
- parlando — sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- parmesan — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- parnaiba — a seaport in NE Brazil.
- parochin — a parish
- paronymy — a play on words
- partaken — to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
- parthian — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- partisan — a shafted weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries, having as a head a long spear blade with a pair of curved lobes at the base.
- partizan — partisan2 .
- partners — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- partying — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- parvanov — Georgi. born 1957, Bulgarian politician: president of Bulgaria (2000–2012)
- parvenue — a woman who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for her new position
- patentor — a person or official agency that grants patents.
- paternal — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patronal — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronne — a woman who owns or manages a hotel, restaurant, or bar
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- patterns — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- paynimry — paganism
- pearland — a town in SE Texas.
- pearling — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- pearmain — any of several varieties of apple having a red skin
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- perceant — piercing; penetrating
- perelman — S(idney) J(oseph) 1904–79, U.S. author.
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- perineal — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.