8-letter words containing a, t, p
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- impacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- impanate — (of the body of Christ) contained in the bread of the Eucharist
- imparity — lack of parity or equality; disparity, difference, or inequality.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- imparter — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- impastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impaste.
- imperate — (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
- implants — Plural form of implant.
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- ion trap — any device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus, especially in mass spectrometry.
- ipatieff — Vladimir Nikolaievich (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˌnɪkəˈlaɪəvɪtʃ). 1867–1952, US physicist, born in Russia. He discovered the structure of isoprene (1897) and later developed high-octane fuels
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- irapuato — a city in Guanajuato, in central Mexico.
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- jatropha — Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
- jephthah — a judge of Israel. Judges 11, 12.
- jetpacks — Plural form of jetpack.
- jogpants — a pair of trousers worn for jogging
- kaapstad — Afrikaans name of Cape Town.
- kalumpit — a fruit tree of the genus Terminalia, with small yellow flowers, native to the Philippines
- kalyptra — a veil worn by women in Greece
- la plata — a seaport in E Argentina.
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lalitpur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- lamppost — a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- lap belt — (in a motor vehicle) a seat belt secured to the framework of a seat and fastening across the lap of a driver or a passenger.
- lapactic — purgative; cathartic.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- lapidist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lappeted — Simple past tense and past participle of lappet.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lisptalk — "Concurrent Programming Language Lisptalk", C. Li, SIGPLAN Notices 23(4):71-80 (Apr 1988).
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- mag tape — a magnetic tape used for recording data.
- maladapt — To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
- malapert — unbecomingly bold or saucy.
- man-trap — an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- mantraps — Plural form of mantrap.