7-letter words containing p, r
- bearpaw — a clam of the genus Hippopus, having a ridged, white shell with purplish-red spots.
- bedrape — to drape, adorn
- beepers — Plural form of beeper.
- beer-up — a drinking bout
- bepearl — to decorate with pearls
- beprose — to reduce to prose
- besport — to amuse (oneself)
- bijapur — an ancient city in W India, in N Mysore: capital of a former kingdom, which fell at the end of the 17th century: cotton. Pop: 245 946 (2001)
- bimorph — an assembly of two piezoelectric crystals cemented together so that an applied voltage causes one to expand and the other to contract, converting electrical signals into mechanical energy. Conversely, bending can generate a voltage: used in loudspeakers, gramophone pick-ups, etc
- biophor — (in Weismann's theory of heredity) a hypothetical particle of the ultimate form of matter
- biparty — involving two parties
- bipolar — suffering from bipolar manic-depressive disorder
- biprism — a prism having a highly obtuse angle to facilitate beam splitting
- bleeper — A bleeper is the same as a beeper.
- blooper — A blooper is a silly mistake.
- bottrop — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Ruhr. Pop: 120 324 (2003 est)
- bra top — an item of women's clothing that looks like a bra but is worn as outerwear
- brakpan — a city in E South Africa: gold-mining centre. Pop: 62 116 (2001)
- breakup — The breakup of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully.
- brew up — If someone brews up or if they brew up some tea, they make tea by pouring hot water over tea leaves.
- brewpub — a pub that incorporates a brewery on its premises
- britpop — Britpop is a type of pop music made by British bands. It was especially popular in the mid-1990s.
- brushup — the act or process of reviewing a subject, technique, or the like, for the purpose of renewing the memory, skill, etc.: He gave his Spanish a brushup before his trip to Mexico.
- bum rap — a trumped-up or false charge
- burn up — If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- c-sharp — C#
- caliper — Calipers are an instrument consisting of two long, thin pieces of metal joined together at one end, and are used to measure the size of things.
- caltrap — Archaic form of caltrop.
- caltrop — any tropical or subtropical plant of the zygophyllaceous genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia that have spiny burs or bracts
- campari — a bitter Italian aperitif, often mixed with soda water as a drink
- campers — Plural form of camper.
- campery — campness
- camphor — Camphor is a strong-smelling white substance used in various medicines, in mothballs, and in making plastics.
- cantrip — a magic spell
- capered — to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
- caperer — One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
- caporal — a strong coarse dark tobacco
- cappers — Plural form of capper.
- caprate — a salt of capric acid
- caprese — prepared with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil leaves and drizzled with olive oil: a caprese salad; caprese sandwiches; pizza caprese.
- caprice — A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose.
- caprify — to induce (a fig) to ripen
- caprine — of or resembling a goat
- caprock — a layer of rock that overlies a salt dome
- caproic — Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid.
- captors — Plural form of captor.
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- carapax — a carapace
- carhops — Plural form of carhop.
- carpale — carpal