7-letter words containing t, e, p, a
- caprate — a salt of capric acid
- captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- capulet — the family name of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- carpets — Plural form of carpet.
- cepstra — cepstrum
- chaplet — an ornamental wreath of flowers, beads, etc, worn on the head
- chapter — A chapter is one of the parts that a book is divided into. Each chapter has a number, and sometimes a title.
- coapted — to bring close together: The surgeons coapted the edges of the wound.
- crampet — a cramp iron
- craptex — /krap'tekh/ (University of York, England) Term of abuse used to describe TeX and LaTeX when they don't work (when used by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else). The non-TeX enthusiasts generally dislike it because it is more verbose than other formatters (e.g. troff) and because (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used) it generates vast output files. See religious issues.
- cuprate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCumOn, many of which are superconductors.
- cuspate — having a cusp or cusps
- dampest — Superlative form of damp Most damp.
- dectape — (hardware, storage) A reel of magnetic tape about 4 inches in diameter and one inch wide. Unlike today's macrotapes, microtape drivers allowed random access to the data, and therefore could be used to support file systems and even for swapping (this was generally done purely for hack value, as they were far too slow for practical use). DECtape was a variant on LINCtape. In their heyday DECtapes were used in pretty much the same ways one would now use a floppy disk: as a small, portable way to save and transport files and programs.
- depaint — to depict or delineate
- depants — to remove the trousers from, as a joke or punishment.
- departs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depart.
- diptera — the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- ectopia — the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ectypal — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- empaths — Plural form of empath.
- empathy — The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
- enstamp — to imprint with a stamp
- entraps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrap.
- epatant — startling or shocking
- epaulet — An ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, typically on the coat or jacket of a military uniform.
- epazote — a common name for Dysphania ambrosioides
- epilate — To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means.
- epitaph — A phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
- epitaxy — The natural or artificial growth of crystals on a crystalline substrate determining their orientation.
- epurate — to purify
- esparto — A coarse grass with tough narrow leaves, native to Spain and North Africa. It is used to make ropes, wickerwork, and high-quality paper.
- exapted — (of a particular feature) having a function that was not brought about by natural selection
- expiate — Atone for (guilt or sin).
- explant — Transfer (living cells, tissues, or organs) from animals or plants to a nutrient medium.
- fleapit — a shabby public place, especially a run-down motion-picture theater.
- gestapo — the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations.
- haptens — Plural form of hapten.
- haptera — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- heapeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'heap'.
- heat up — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heatmap — Alternative spelling of heat map.
- heeltap — a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- hepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- hepato- — denoting the liver
- hepcats — Plural form of hepcat.
- heptade — A sum or group of seven.
- heptads — Plural form of heptad.
- heptane — any of nine isomeric hydrocarbons, C 7 H 16 , of the alkane series, some of which are obtained from petroleum: used in fuels as solvents, and as chemical intermediates.