9-letter words containing r, e, p, a, t
- atrophies — 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.
- attempter — One who attempts.
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
- azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
- bear trap — snare to catch bears
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- cape cart — a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle sometimes with a canvas hood
- caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
- caprylate — a salt of caprylic acid
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carpenter — A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things.
- carpentry — Carpentry is the activity of making and repairing wooden things.
- carpetbag — a travelling bag originally made of carpeting
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- cartopper — an object, esp a small boat, designed to be transported on top of a vehicle
- catnapper — a person who catnaps
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chapter 7 — the statute regarding liquidation proceedings that empowers a court to appoint a trustee to operate a failing business to prevent further loss
- chapteral — of or pertaining to a chapter
- chaptered — a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
- co-parent — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- compacter — Comparative form of compact.
- cooperate — If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- corporate — Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation.
- crappiest — Superlative form of crappy.
- crapulent — given to or resulting from intemperance
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- crepitate — to make a rattling or crackling sound; rattle or crackle
- crispated — Crispate.
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- date rape — Date rape is when a man rapes a woman whom he has met socially.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- deathtrap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a deathtrap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
- deepwater — having or taking place in deep water
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.