4-letter words containing p, r
- rape — the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar.
- rapp — George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- rapt — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- rarp — Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- rasp — to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
- rcmp — Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- rcpt — receipt
- reap — to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- repl — 1. (language, LISP, programming) read-eval-print loop. 2. (language) Restricted EPL.
- repo — a repurchase agreement.
- repp — a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repr — represented
- rept — receipt
- resp — respective(ly)
- rflp — restriction fragment length polymorphism: a fragment of DNA, cut by a restriction enzyme, that is different in length for each genetically related group and is used to trace family relationships.
- ripe — Réseaux IP Européens
- ripp — a handful of grain
- risp — to rasp or to grate
- romp — to play or frolic in a lively or boisterous manner.
- rope — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- ropy — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- roup — hoarseness or huskiness.
- rrsp — Registered Retirement Savings Plan
- rspb — Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- rsvp — to reply to an invitation: Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.
- rtmp — Routing Table Maintenance Protocol
- rtsp — Real Time Streaming Protocol
- rump — the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- rurp — a very small piton
- rype — the ptarmigan
- serp — search-engine results page: a web page that is generated by a search engine to display the results of a query or search.
- smrp — Simplified Multicast Routing Protocol
- spar — (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
- spqr — Senatus Populusque Romanus
- spry — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- tarp — tarpaulin.
- trap — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
- trip — a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
- trop — too; too much or too many.
- turp — transurethral resection of the prostate: a surgical procedure in which an electronic cutting implement is fed through the urethra to remove part of an enlarged prostate
- warp — OS/2
- wrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- wtrp — West Texas Raceway Park
- yorp — to shout
- yurp — a satirical term for Europe as perceived by right-wing US politicians