8-letter words containing i, n, p
- diaphone — the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- dimpling — a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- dip into — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- diphenyl — biphenyl.
- diphonia — diplophonia.
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- dipnoous — having both lungs and gills for breathing
- dippings — Plural form of dipping.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- dipthong — Obsolete spelling of diphthong.
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- dispence — Obsolete form of dispense.
- dispense — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- displant — to dislodge.
- disponee — the person whom something is disponed to
- disponer — someone who dispones
- dispunge — to expunge
- dolphins — Plural form of dolphin.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dopiness — The characteristic of being dopey.
- doupioni — an irregular silk thread reeled from two or more entangled cocoons and producing a coarse yarn generally used in fabrics such as shantung or pongee.
- downpipe — downspout.
- downspin — spin (def 19).
- drepanid — any moth of the superfamily Drepanoidae (family Drepanidae): it comprises the hook-tip moths
- driftpin — driftbolt (def 1).
- drink up — finish beverage
- drip pan — a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings.
- dripping — an act of dripping.
- drooping — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- drop-ins — [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Especially used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- duckpins — Plural form of duckpin.
- dumpings — Plural form of dumping.
- dumpling — a rounded mass of steamed and seasoned dough, often served in soup or with stewed meat.
- dyspneic — difficult or labored breathing.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- elaphine — relating to or resembling a red deer
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- empoison — (obsolete) poison.
- emptying — Present participle of to empty.
- en plein — (of a gambling bet) placed entirely on a single number, etc
- en prise — (of a chess piece) exposed to capture
- encipher — Convert (a message or piece of text) into a coded form ; encrypt.
- endpoint — The final stage of a period or process.
- enophile — A lover or appreciator of wine, see oenophile.
- enprints — Plural form of enprint.