8-letter words containing s, p, a, n
- in shape — person: physically fit
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- japanism — a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- jogpants — a pair of trousers worn for jogging
- kampongs — Plural form of kampong.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- knapsack — a canvas, nylon, or leather bag for clothes, food, and other supplies, carried on the back by soldiers, hikers, etc.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- kneepans — Plural form of kneepan.
- koopmans — Tjalling Charles [chah-ling] /ˈtʃɑ lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1910–85, U.S. economist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize 1975.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- lampoons — Plural form of lampoon.
- landskip — landscape.
- landslip — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lapwings — Plural form of lapwing.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- linkspan — a hinged bridge on a quay, used to move vehicles on or off a vessel
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- mantraps — Plural form of mantrap.
- mappings — Plural form of mapping.
- mindmaps — Plural form of mindmap.
- mispaint — to paint badly or wrongly
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- 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)
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- nepalese — of or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- netscape — 1. Netscape Navigator. 2. Netscape Communications Corporation.
- netspeak — internet jargon
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- open sea — the main body of a sea or ocean, especially the part that is outside territorial waters and not enclosed, or partially enclosed, by land.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- oppidans — Plural form of oppidan.
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- outspans — Plural form of outspan.
- paeanism — the show of a paean
- paganism — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.