8-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- crank-up — an act or instance of cranking up.
- crankpin — a short cylindrical bearing surface fitted between two arms of a crank and set parallel to the main shaft of the crankshaft
- crapping — (in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.
- crepance — an injury to the hind leg of a horse caused by its being struck by the shoe of the other hind foot
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- dampener — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- depurant — purifying
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- drepanid — any moth of the superfamily Drepanoidae (family Drepanidae): it comprises the hook-tip moths
- drip pan — a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- earphone — a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- empyrean — Belonging to or deriving from heaven.
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- endpaper — A blank or decorated leaf of paper at the beginning or end of a book, especially one fixed to the inside of the cover.
- engrasps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrasp.
- european — geography
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- expirant — a person who expires
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- foreplan — to plan in advance
- frappant — striking; vivid
- frapping — to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- grampian — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grandpap — (informal) grandfather.
- grandpas — Plural form of grandpa.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- graphene — A fullerene consisting of bonded carbon atoms in sheet form one atom thick.
- graphing — Present participle of graph.
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.
- grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- gunpaper — a type of paper treated with nitric acid so that it has a composition similar to that of guncotton.
- hairpins — Plural form of hairpin.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- harappan — of or relating to Harappa, especially the Bronze Age culture of the Indus valley civilization.
- harpagon — (obsolete) a grappling hook.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harpoons — Plural form of harpoon.
- ion trap — any device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus, especially in mass spectrometry.
- iron pan — a hard layer of precipitated iron salts often found below the surface of sands and gravels
- japanner — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.