8-letter words containing a, s, p
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- clampers — Plural form of clamper.
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clappers — Plural form of clapper.
- claspers — a paired organ of male insects, used to clasp the female during copulation
- claspeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clasp.
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- claypans — Plural form of claypan.
- cleanups — Plural form of cleanup.
- collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- compacts — Plural form of compact.
- compages — a structure or framework
- compares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compare.
- comparsa — a song and folk dance of Cuba.
- copastor — a fellow pastor
- copperas — ferrous sulfate
- coprosma — any shrub of the Australasian rubiaceous genus Coprosma: sometimes planted for ornament
- copycats — Plural form of copycat.
- corpsman — a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer
- cpu wars — /C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
- crampons — Plural form of crampon.
- crapfest — (informal, vulgar) Something of incredibly low quality.
- crappies — Plural form of crappie.
- crashpad — a place to sleep or live temporarily
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- cupcakes — Plural form of cupcake.
- cuprates — Plural form of cuprate.
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- cypselae — Plural form of cypsela.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- daphnias — Plural form of daphnia.
- dashpots — Plural form of dashpot.
- datapost — an express service offered by the Royal Mail that ensures a parcel reaches its destination either on the day of postage or the following morning
- day pass — a ticket that, once bought, enables you to use, travel on or access something free for one day
- daypacks — Plural form of daypack.
- deadpans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadpan.
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- deep-sea — Deep-sea activities take place in the areas of the sea that are a long way from the coast.
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- depraves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprave.
- desk pad — a pad of paper for use on a desk
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despatch — dispatch
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour