8-letter words containing a, p, g
- chapping — Present participle of chap.
- chippage — the fact or an instance of chipping: The pottery could not be insured against chippage.
- clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- clapping — to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval: She clapped her hands in appreciation.
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- compages — a structure or framework
- copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- cramping — cramp iron.
- crapping — (in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.
- creepage — a slow and gradual movement
- dappling — Present participle of dapple.
- diaglyph — any instance of artwork carved into the surface of a hard substance (predominantly stone or metal), such that the design is set back from the surface; an intaglio
- diagraph — a device for enlarging or reducing maps, plans, etc
- digipack — a cardboard package for a compact disc or DVD
- digraphs — Plural form of digraph.
- diplegia — paralysis of the identical part on both sides of the body.
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- drip bag — a bag used for administering an intravenous solution to a patient
- drippage — a dripping, as of water from a faucet.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- dungheap — pile of dung
- durgapur — a city in S West Bengal State, NE India.
- earplugs — Plural form of earplug.
- eggplant — a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- engrasps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrasp.
- epagogic — relating to inductive reasoning
- epigamic — attractive to the opposite sex
- epigrams — Plural form of epigram.
- epigraph — An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
- equipage — The equipment for a particular purpose.
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- exophagy — the practice of cannibalism outside of the tribe or family
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- flagpole — a staff or pole on which a flag is or can be displayed.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flapping — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- fly page — banner
- fog lamp — a powerful light for use in foggy conditions, usually positioned low down on the front or rear of a road vehicle
- footpage — an errand-boy
- frapping — to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- frog pad — a rubber or leather cushion fixed to a leather sole and fitted under a horseshoe to reduce shock to a horse's foot
- galapago — the Galapagos giant tortoise
- gallipot — a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- galloper — One who gallops.
- gallopin — (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.