8-letter words containing n, a, p
- antirape — opposed to or acting against rape
- antiship — (of a weapon) designed for attacking ships
- antislip — designed to prevent slipping or to remain stationary
- antispam — intended to block unsolicited e-mails
- antitype — a person or thing that is foreshadowed or represented by a type or symbol, esp a character or event in the New Testament prefigured in the Old Testament
- antpitta — a South American bird that feeds on ants
- anyplace — Anyplace means the same as anywhere.
- apachean — a subgroup of the Athabaskan language family comprising the languages of the Apache tribes and the Navajo.
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- aperient — laxative
- apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.
- aphanite — any fine-grained rock, such as a basalt, containing minerals that cannot be distinguished with the naked eye
- aphelion — the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun
- aphonous — without voice; voiceless
- apiarian — of or relating to the breeding and care of bees
- apimania — an extreme enthusiasm for bees
- apneusis — protracted gasping inhalation followed by short inefficient exhalation, which can cause asphyxia
- apocrine — denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands
- apollyon — the destroyer, a name given to the Devil (Revelation 9:11)
- apolunes — Plural form of apolune.
- apophony — a change in the quality of a vowel sound to indicate grammatical change
- appaling — Misspelling of appalling.
- appanage — land or other provision granted by a king for the support of a member of the royal family, esp a younger son
- apparent — An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist.
- appeling — Present participle of appel.
- appenage — Alternative form of appanage.
- appended — to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin: to append a note to a letter.
- appender — (computing) A software component that appends data to a computer file.
- appendix — Your appendix is a small closed tube inside your body which is attached to your digestive system.
- appetent — having an eager longing or desire
- appleton — Sir Edward (Victor). 1892–1965, English physicist, noted particularly for his research on the ionosphere: Nobel prize for physics 1947
- applying — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- appoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint.
- apposing — Present participle of appose.
- apronful — the quantity that can be held in an apron
- araponga — any of four species of South American birds of the genus Procnias, each having a bell-like call
- ashplant — a walking stick made from an ash sapling
- aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- aspiring — If you use aspiring to describe someone who is starting a particular career, you mean that they are trying to become successful in it.
- aspirins — Plural form of aspirin.
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- atropine — a poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade, having an inhibitory action on the autonomic nervous system. It is used medicinally in pre-anaesthetic medication, to speed a slow heart rate, and as an emergency first-aid counter to exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents. Formula: C17H23NO3
- axle-pin — a pin that holds an axle in place
- backpain — Alternative form of back pain.
- backspin — a backward spinning motion imparted to a ball to reduce its speed at impact, as by hitting it with a downward or undercutting motion
- bandpass — (of a filter) transmitting only a set range of frequencies.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- bean pot — a heavy, covered crockery or metal pot, suitable for the slow cooking of beans, stews, etc.
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.