9-letter words containing t, r, a, p
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- barotropy — a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel.
- bear trap — snare to catch bears
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- bhaktapur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
- boat trip — a trip in a boat
- body part — a part of a human body
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
- bra strap — a strap for fastening a bra
- brat pack — A brat pack is a group of young people, especially actors or writers, who are popular or successful at the moment.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- campcraft — the skills that are required for camping
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
- cape cart — a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle sometimes with a canvas hood
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- 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
- captainry — captainship
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- 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- carpetbag — a travelling bag originally made of carpeting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
- cataphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse
- catnapper — a person who catnaps
- catoptric — the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- 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
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- 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.
- compactor — a machine that compacts something, esp rubbish
- 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
- copatriot — a fellow patriot