8-letter words containing n, a, p, e, s
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- kneepans — Plural form of kneepan.
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- 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.
- netscape — 1. Netscape Navigator. 2. Netscape Communications Corporation.
- netspeak — internet jargon
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- open sea — the main body of a sea or ocean, especially the part that is outside territorial waters and not enclosed, or partially enclosed, by land.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- paeanism — the show of a paean
- painless — without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
- pancreas — a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- 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
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- panpipes — a primitive wind instrument consisting of a series of hollow pipes of graduated length, the tones being produced by blowing across the upper ends.
- parishen — a parishioner
- parmesan — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- partners — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- pastance — an activity that passes time; recreation
- paste-on — that can be pasted or stuck on: canning jars with paste-on labels.
- pastness — the state or fact of being past.
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patients — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patterns — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- peasants — a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- penalise — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- persians — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.