8-letter words containing a, m, p
- base map — an outline map on which data may be plotted
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- belmopan — (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)
- bibimbap — a Korean dish of rice, sautéed and seasoned vegetables, and hot pepper paste
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- blowlamp — A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint.
- bonampak — ancient Mayan site in Chiapas, S Mexico: discovered in 1946.
- brampton — city in SE Ontario, Canada, near Toronto: pop. 268,000
- cam-pier — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
- camp bed — A camp bed is a small bed that you can fold up.
- camp car — a railroad car used as a dormitory for construction and maintenance workers.
- camp out — If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen.
- camp pie — tinned meat
- campagna — a low-lying plain surrounding Rome, Italy: once fertile, it deteriorated to malarial marshes; but has since been reclaimed. Area: about 2000 sq km (800 sq miles)
- campagne — a low plain surrounding the city of Rome, Italy.
- campaign — A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
- campania — a region of SW Italy: includes the islands of Capri and Ischia. Chief town: Naples. Pop: 5 725 098 (2003 est). Area: 13 595 sq km (5248 sq miles)
- campbell — Sir Colin, Baron Clyde. 1792–1863, British field marshal who relieved Lucknow for the second time (1857) and commanded in Oudh, suppressing the Indian Mutiny
- campeche — a state of SE Mexico, on the SW of the Yucatán peninsula: forestry and fishing. Capital: Campeche. Pop: 205 000 (2005 est). Area: 56 114 sq km (21 666 sq miles)
- campfire — A campfire is a fire that you light out of doors when you are camping.
- camphane — a terpene hyrdocarbon, C10H18, that is both saturated and inert
- camphene — a colourless crystalline insoluble optically active terpene derived from pinene and present in many essential oils. Formula: C10H16
- camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
- camphire — henna
- camphone — a combined mobile phone and digital camera
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campinas — a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (2005 est)
- campions — Plural form of campion.
- campmate — Someone who is or has been in the same camp as another person; one's fellow camper.
- campness — the quality of being camp
- camporee — a local meeting or assembly of Scouts
- campshed — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- campus's — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- campuses — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- capmaker — a person who makes caps
- capsicum — Capsicums are peppers.
- champaks — Plural form of champak.
- champart — the granting of land to a person on condition that a portion of the harvest will be given to the landowner
- champers — Champers is champagne.
- champian — A plain; a flat expanse of land; a champaign.
- champing — to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently: The horses champed the oats.
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chinampa — an artificially created island used for growing crops in Mexican or in Mesoamerican agriculture
- clampers — Plural form of clamper.
- clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- compacts — Plural form of compact.
- compadre — a male friend