Words starting with R that end in P

noun

A convertible automobile.

noun

a single drop of rain.

Old English regndropa (see rain, drop).

1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
2. A road that connects a freeway to a surface

1. strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention.

1. A sharp blow with something hard.

   The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with

1. A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke

1. A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable

1. A device (trap) used to catch rats.
2. A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.

1. The collected readers of a publication.

   The village newspaper has a readership of only 200 people.

noun

A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

1. To cut (for example

1. state again as a summary; recapitulate.

   a way of recapping the story so far

   to recap, the committee

1. The office and duties of a receiver.
2. The state of being under the control of a receiver.
3. A form trusteeship