8-letter words containing n, p, l
- claypans — Plural form of claypan.
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- clean-up — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleanups — Plural form of cleanup.
- clip-ons — sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles
- clipping — A clipping is an article, picture, or advertisement that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- clomping — Present participle of clomp.
- clopping — a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- clumping — a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- colophon — a publisher's emblem on a book
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- compline — the last of the seven canonical hours of the divine office
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- coplanar — lying in the same plane
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- coupling — A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together.
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- dappling — Present participle of dapple.
- de plano — without argument.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- delphine — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dolphins.
- deplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of deplane.
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- deprenyl — a drug used to treat senile dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and depression, by acting as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor
- dimpling — a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- diphenyl — biphenyl.
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- displant — to dislodge.
- dolphins — Plural form of dolphin.
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- dumpling — a rounded mass of steamed and seasoned dough, often served in soup or with stewed meat.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- eggplant — a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- elaphine — relating to or resembling a red deer
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- elephant — A heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
- empanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empanel.
- en plein — (of a gambling bet) placed entirely on a single number, etc
- endplate — any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- enophile — A lover or appreciator of wine, see oenophile.
- enplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of enplane.
- enplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enplane.
- ensample — (obsolete) To exemplify, to show by example.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- envelope — A flat paper container with a sealable flap, used to enclose a letter or document.
- envelops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of envelop.
- epiploon — The omentum.