8-letter words containing a, p, l, i
- misapply — to make a wrong application or use of.
- misplace — to put in a wrong place.
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- misplead — To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
- naphtali — the sixth son of Jacob and Bilhah. Gen. 30:7,8.
- nauplial — of or relating to nauplius larva
- nauplius — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- nit-lamp — jacklight.
- nopalito — an edible branch (or cladode) of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (prickly pear), commonly used as a vegetable
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- oil lamp — lamp that burns fuel
- oil palm — an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.
- oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- opalized — made into an opal
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- oppilant — blocking, hindering, or obstructing
- oppilate — to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- optional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- pachalic — pashalik.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- paillard — a scallop, especially of veal or chicken, that is pounded flat and grilled or sautéed quickly.
- painless — without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
- palatial — of, relating to, or resembling a palace: a palatial home.
- palatine — of, near, or in the palate; palatal: the palatine bones.
- palatium — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- palencia — a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
- palewise — by perpendicular lines
- paliform — resembling a stake
- palilogy — the technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- palladia — Also, Palladion [puh-ley-dee-on] /pəˈleɪ diˌɒn/ (Show IPA). a statue of Athena, especially one on the citadel of Troy on which the safety of the city was supposed to depend.
- palladic — of or containing palladium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- palladio — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1508–80, Italian architect famous for his widely translated Four Books of Architecture, 1570.
- palliard — an expert beggar; an unsavoury character
- palliate — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- pallidly — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- palm oil — a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.
- palmiped — a web-footed bird
- palmitic — of or derived from palmitic acid.
- palmitin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 1 H 9 8 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.