8-letter words containing l, a, p, s
- lap-size — of a size to fit the lap: a lap-size chessboard.
- lapidist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapillus — a small stony particle ejected from a volcano.
- lapsable — liable to lapse.
- lapsible — liable to lapse.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lapwings — Plural form of lapwing.
- larkspur — a town in W California.
- lempiras — Plural form of lempira.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- linkspan — a hinged bridge on a quay, used to move vehicles on or off a vessel
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lisptalk — "Concurrent Programming Language Lisptalk", C. Li, SIGPLAN Notices 23(4):71-80 (Apr 1988).
- lopgrass — a species of smooth-bladed grass, Bromus mollis
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- melampus — the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.
- milpitas — a town in W California.
- 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.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- 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)
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- nepalese — of or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- painless — without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
- palazzos — women's pants with wide legs that flare broadly at the ankle
- paleosol — a fossil soil preserved within a sequence of geological deposits, indicative of past conditions.
- palestra — a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- palewise — by perpendicular lines
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- palstave — a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.
- paludism — malaria.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- paneless — (of a building or window) without panes of glass
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- pangless — causing no pain
- pangloss — a person who views a situation with unwarranted optimism