8-letter words containing amp
- lampoons — Plural form of lampoon.
- lamppost — a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- lampyrid — any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies.
- melampus — the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.
- microamp — One millionth ( 10-6 ) of an ampere, abbreviated as \u00b5A.
- milliamp — One thousandth ( 10-3 ) of an ampere, abbreviated as mA.
- minicamp — A session run by a professional sports team to train particular players, or to test potential new players, before the main preseason training.
- misstamp — to stamp badly
- nit-lamp — jacklight.
- off-ramp — an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
- oil lamp — lamp that burns fuel
- pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- pamphrey — a cabbage
- pamplona — a city in N Spain.
- pb&j — peanut butter and jelly (sandwich)
- pow camp — Prisoner of War camp: a place where soldiers who have been captured by their enemy during a war are kept as prisoners until the end of the war
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- rampancy — a rampant condition or position.
- ramparts — Fortification. a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. such an elevation together with the parapet.
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- rampsman — a mugger; violent robber
- resample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- revamped — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- rifampin — a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 4 3 H 5 8 N 4 O 1 2 , used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, asymptomatic carriers of meningococcal disease, and leprosy.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- scamping — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- stamp on — tread heavily on
- stampede — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- sun lamp — a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
- swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
- swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- taillamp — the rear light of a motor vehicle
- tamper's — a person or thing that tamps.
- tramping — the act of tramping.
- trampled — to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
- undamped — not damped or dampened; undiminished, as in energy, vigor, etc.: undamped spirits.
- vamphorn — a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vampiric — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vamplate — a metal plate mounted on a lance in front of the grip to protect the hand.
- verkramp — bigoted or illiberal
- zampogna — an Italian bagpipe used in Christmas music
- zampolit — (historical) A deputy commander for political affairs in the Soviet Union.