8-letter words containing p, r
- aspirata — a heavily aspirated stop that is made without vibration of the vocal cords
- aspirate — to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirers — to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
- aspiring — If you use aspiring to describe someone who is starting a particular career, you mean that they are trying to become successful in it.
- aspirins — Plural form of aspirin.
- atrophia — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atropine — a poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade, having an inhibitory action on the autonomic nervous system. It is used medicinally in pre-anaesthetic medication, to speed a slow heart rate, and as an emergency first-aid counter to exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents. Formula: C17H23NO3
- atropism — a condition caused by using atropine over a period of time
- atropous — growing straight, without inversion
- attemper — to modify by blending; temper
- attercop — a spider
- autocarp — any fruit that is produced through self-fertilization
- autoharp — a zither-like musical instrument used in country-and-western music, equipped with button-controlled dampers that can prevent selected strings from sounding, thus allowing chords to be played. It is plucked with the fingers or a plectrum
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backport — (software) To make a feature from a later version of a piece of software available in an earlier version. Backporting of features enables users of the older version to benefit from a feature without upgrading fully.
- backwrap — anything that can be wrapped around the back to provide back support or relieve back pain
- bad trip — a mentally or physically horrifying drug-taking experience, as one accompanied by nightmarish hallucinations or by physical pain.
- bagpiper — a person who plays the bagpipes
- ballpark — A ballpark is a park or stadium where baseball is played.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- baptizer — someone who baptises
- bardship — the office or state of being a bard
- barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- bear paw — a type of small round snowshoe
- bear pit — a place, such as parliament or the stock market ,where there are a lot of aggressive, argumentative and competitive people
- beartrap — A large trap used to catch a bear, usually as a foot trap.
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- bebopper — A musician or aficionado of bebop music.
- becarpet — to lay carpet on
- bediaper — to put a nappy on
- beerpull — the handle of a beer pump.
- bepepper — to pelt with small missiles or sand
- bepester — to pester persistently
- bepowder — to cover with powder
- bepraise — to praise highly
- bespread — to cover (a surface) with something
- besprent — sprinkled over
- bhatpara — a city in NE India, in West Bengal on the Hooghly River: jute and cotton mills. Pop: 441 956 (2001)
- bhelpuri — an Indian dish of puffed rice and vegetables
- bi-party — representing two distinct parties: a biparty investigating committee.
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biomorph — a set of two-dimensional branching biomorphic images that can be used to illustrate evolutionary concepts
- biotroph — a parasitic organism, esp a fungus
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- bit part — A bit part is a small and unimportant role for an actor in a film or play.
- blipvert — a very short television advertisement
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- boltrope — a rope sewn to the foot or luff of a sail to strengthen it
- bonporti — Francesco Antonio. 1672–1749, Italian composer and violinist, noted esp for his Invenzioni (1712), a series of short instrumental suites