8-letter words containing n, p, l
- lap-band — a device fitted around the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lapwings — Plural form of lapwing.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- leporine — of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- limpkins — Plural form of limpkin.
- limpness — lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
- lin piao — Lin Biao.
- linchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- linkspan — a hinged bridge on a quay, used to move vehicles on or off a vessel
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- lip-sync — the technical process by which this is done.
- lippmann — Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1845–1921, French physicist: Nobel Prize 1908.
- lispound — a unit of weight, formerly used in Orkney, Shetland, and Baltic trade, varying from 12 to 34 pounds (5.4 to 15.4kg approx)
- liu pang — 247–195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
- liven up — make more lively
- loaf pan — a rectangular metal or glass pan for baking cakes, breads, meatloaf, etc.
- long hop — a short-pitched ball, which can easily be hit
- long pig — (among the Maori and Polynesian peoples) human flesh as food for cannibals.
- longjump — jumping contest decided by length
- 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.
- longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- lupuline — of or relating to lupulin
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- 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
- monopole — magnetic monopole.
- monopoly — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- n-prolog — Prolog extended with explicit negation. Dov Gabbay <[email protected]>.
- napalmed — Simple past tense and past participle of napalm.
- naphtali — the sixth son of Jacob and Bilhah. Gen. 30:7,8.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- naphthyl — containing the naphthyl group.
- napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
- 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.