8-letter words containing a, n, p
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- stamp on — tread heavily on
- stand up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- stand-up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- standpat — standpatter.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- sun lamp — a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
- sunspace — sunroom.
- superfan — a very or extremely devoted fan
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- supplant — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
- swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- swapping — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- synaphea — a continuity of rhythm throughout a poem
- synapses — a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- synapsid — a fossil reptile (of the subclass Synapsida) that exhibits some mammal-like characteristics of the skull
- synapsis — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncopal — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- syngraph — a document signed by all parties
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- talapoin — a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- tank top — a close-fitting, low-cut top having shoulder straps and often made of lightweight, knitted fabric.
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tant pis — so much the worse
- tapenade — a savoury paste made from capers, olives, and anchovies, with olive oil and lemon juice
- tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tarnopol — Ternopol.
- tarpeian — designating or of a cliff on the Capitoline Hill in Rome from which traitors to the state were hurled to their death
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- terrapin — any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- top hand — a person who is highly skilled in some activity, esp a ranch worker
- topazine — like topaz
- topkhana — a building where artillery, ammunition, etc., are made, repaired, and stored.