7-letter words containing t, a, p, r
- prandtl — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1875–1953, German physicist, who made important contributions to aerodynamics and aeronautics
- prating — to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
- prattle — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- pravity — depravity, moral degeneracy, perversion
- pre-tax — profits, etc.: before tax
- precast — to cast (a concrete block or slab, etc.) in a place other than where it is to be installed in a structure.
- precoat — A precoat is a coating which is put on a filter to test the performance of the filter.
- predata — a plural of datum.
- predate — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- preheat — to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process: to preheat an oven before baking a cake.
- prelate — an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- pretape — to record in advance of broadcast
- primate — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- pripyat — a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- private — privacy
- probate — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- proctal — relating to the rectum
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- pronate — to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- prorate — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prostas — (in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- protalk — Quintus. An object-oriented Prolog.
- protean — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- provant — supplied with provisions
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- psather — (language) A parallel extension of Sather for a clustered shared memory model. It features threads synchronised by monitor objects ("gates"); locality assertions and placement operators. There is an implementation for the CM-5.
- ptarmic — a material that causes sneezing
- pteroma — pteron.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- puritan — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- purpart — a purparty.
- rampant — violent in action or spirit; raging; furious: a rampant leopard.
- rampart — Fortification. a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. such an elevation together with the parapet.
- rap out — If you rap out an order or a question, you say it quickly and sharply.
- rappist — Harmonist.
- rapport — relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
- rapture — ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- ratpack — a close-knit group of people with common interests who participate in various professional and recreational activities together.
- rattrap — a device for catching rats.
- raupatu — the confiscation or seizure of land
- readapt — to adapt (a person or thing) again or (of a person or thing) to adapt again
- readopt — to adopt (a person, procedure, law, etc) again
- repaint — to paint again: to repaint the house.
- repatch — to patch again
- replant — to plant again.
- replate — to put new plating on
- reptant — repent2 .
- restamp — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- retaped — a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- rootcap — the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.