8-letter words containing n, a, p
- epiphany — The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- european — geography
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- expanses — Plural form of expanse.
- expirant — a person who expires
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- explants — Plural form of explant.
- fan palm — a palm having fan-shaped leaves, as the talipot.
- fat pine — lightwood.
- filipina — a female native or inhabitant of the Philippines
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- flapping — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- flippant — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- foreplan — to plan in advance
- frappant — striking; vivid
- frapping — to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- gallopin — (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
- ganapati — (Hinduism) Lord of the demigods attending on Shiva. An epithet of Ganesha.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gapingly — In a gaping way.
- gene map — an arrangement of genes on a chromosome.
- genipapo — A tropical American tree of the bedstraw family that yields useful timber. Its fruit has a jellylike pulp that is used for flavoring drinks and to make a black dye.
- genipaps — Plural form of genipap.
- glamping — Informal. the activity of camping with some of the comforts and luxuries of home: Imagine glamping in a carpeted tent with a comfy queen-size bed.
- 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.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- ha'penny — halfpenny.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- hairpins — Plural form of hairpin.
- handclap — a clapping of the hands.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handlamp — A small lamp carried in the hand.
- handpass — (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) A pass made by holding the ball in one hand, and hitting it with the other hand.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- hands up — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handspan — The width of a person’s hand, as measured from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger, when the fingers and thumb are spread out.
- hanepoot — a variety of muscat grape used as a dessert fruit and in making wine
- happened — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.