8-letter words containing p, a, i, n
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- diapente — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fifth
- diaphane — Something transparent or diaphanous.
- diaphone — the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- diphonia — diplophonia.
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- displant — to dislodge.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- drepanid — any moth of the superfamily Drepanoidae (family Drepanidae): it comprises the hook-tip moths
- drip pan — a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- elaphine — relating to or resembling a red deer
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- ephesian — of or relating to Ephesus
- epifauna — animals that live on the seabed surface
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- epiphany — The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- expirant — a person who expires
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- fat pine — lightwood.
- filipina — a female native or inhabitant of the Philippines
- 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.
- 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.
- gapingly — In a gaping way.
- 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).
- graphing — Present participle of graph.
- grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- hairpins — Plural form of hairpin.
- 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.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- hispania — Spain.
- hispanic — Spanish.
- hispano- — Hispanic