8-letter words containing p, a
- apomixis — (esp in plants) any of several types of asexual reproduction, such as parthenogenesis and apogamy, in which fertilization does not take place
- apophony — a change in the quality of a vowel sound to indicate grammatical change
- apophyge — the outward curve at each end of the shaft of a column, adjoining the base or capital
- apophyse — Apophysis.
- apoplast — the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material
- apoplexy — Apoplexy is a stroke.
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- apositia — a lack of appetite
- apositic — causing apositia
- apospory — development of the gametophyte from the sporophyte without the formation of spores
- apostacy — Abandonment of religion.
- apostasy — If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- apothece — a shop or storehouse
- apothegm — a short, pithy saying (Ex.: “Brevity is the soul of wit”)
- appaling — Misspelling of appalling.
- appalled — If you are appalled by something, you are shocked or disgusted because it is so bad or unpleasant.
- appanage — land or other provision granted by a king for the support of a member of the royal family, esp a younger son
- apparate — (obsolete) apparatus.
- apparell — Obsolete form of apparel.
- apparels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apparel.
- apparent — An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist.
- appealed — Simple past tense and past participle of appeal.
- appealer — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- appeared — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
- appearer — a person who appears
- appeased — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appeaser — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appeases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appease.
- appeling — Present participle of appel.
- appellee — a person who is accused or appealed against
- appellor — the accuser or prosecutor
- appenage — Alternative form of appanage.
- appended — to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin: to append a note to a letter.
- appender — (computing) A software component that appends data to a computer file.
- appendix — Your appendix is a small closed tube inside your body which is attached to your digestive system.
- appestat — a neural control centre within the hypothalamus of the brain that regulates the sense of hunger and satiety
- appetent — having an eager longing or desire
- appetise — (rare) To whet the appetite.
- appetite — Your appetite is your desire to eat.
- appetize — to stimulate the appetite
- applauds — to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
- applause — Applause is the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands to show approval.
- apple ii — (computer) An 8-bit personal computer with a 6502 processor, from Apple Computer. It was invented by Steve Wozniak and was very popular from about 1980 until the first several years of MS-DOS IBM PCs.
- appleton — Sir Edward (Victor). 1892–1965, English physicist, noted particularly for his research on the ionosphere: Nobel prize for physics 1947
- applique — Applique is the craft of sewing fabric shapes onto larger pieces of cloth. You can also use applique to refer to things you make using this craft.
- applying — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- appoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint.