8-letter words containing n, i, p, l
- liu pang — 247–195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
- liven up — make more lively
- long pig — (among the Maori and Polynesian peoples) human flesh as food for cannibals.
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- lupuline — of or relating to lupulin
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- millpond — a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.
- minipill — an oral birth control pill that contains only a progestin and is to be taken daily without monthly cessation.
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- naphtali — the sixth son of Jacob and Bilhah. Gen. 30:7,8.
- nauplial — of or relating to nauplius larva
- 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)
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- netsplit — netburp
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
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- nit-lamp — jacklight.
- nopalito — an edible branch (or cladode) of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (prickly pear), commonly used as a vegetable
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- openbill — Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- oppilant — blocking, hindering, or obstructing
- optional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- painless — without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
- palatine — of, near, or in the palate; palatal: the palatine bones.
- palencia — a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- palmitin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 1 H 9 8 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.
- palomino — a horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, and often white markings on the face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S.
- paludine — marshy
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- paneling — a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- pangolin — any mammal of the order Pholidota, of Africa and tropical Asia, having a covering of broad, overlapping, horny scales and feeding on ants and termites.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- panislam — all of Islam or the Muslim world
- pannicle — a thin layer of body tissue
- papillon — one of a breed of toy spaniels having a long, silky coat and large, erect ears held so that they resemble the wings of a butterfly.
- pasolini — Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
- paulinus — Saint, died a.d. 644, Roman missionary in England with Augustine: 1st archbishop of York 633–644.
- pavilion — a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.