9-letter words containing ap
- kapa haka — the traditional Māori performing arts, often performed competitively
- kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
- kapok oil — a yellowish-green oil expressed from the seeds of the kapok tree, used especially in foods and in the manufacture of soap.
- kei-apple — a thorny shrub or small tree, Dovyalis caffra, of southern Africa, having round, yellow, juicy-pulped, cranberry-flavored fruit that is edible only when cooked.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- kidnaping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapped — a novel (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- kidnappee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- knapsacks — Plural form of knapsack.
- knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- la trappe — La Trappe.
- lagniappe — Chiefly Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas. a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus.
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- lap dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lap joint — Also called plain lap. a joint, as between two pieces of metal or timber, in which the pieces overlap without any change in form.
- lap-chart — a log of every lap covered by each car in a race, showing the exact position throughout
- lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- lapidated — to pelt with stones.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
- laplacian — the operator ∂2/∂x2 + ∂2/∂y2 + ∂2/∂z2,
- laplander — Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- lappeting — Present participle of lappet.
- lapsarian — Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- large-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.
- leap year — (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- legal cap — ruled writing paper in tablet form, measuring approximately 8½ × 13 to 14 inches (22 × 33 to 36 cm).
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- logograph — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- loo paper — toilet paper
- macapagal — Diosdado [dee-aws-dah-daw] /ˌdi ɔsˈdɑ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–97, Philippine statesman: president 1961–65.
- macro sap — Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- maladapts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maladapt.
- mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.
- maplelike — Resembling a maple tree or some aspect of one.
- maplewood — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
- mapmaking — Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
- mappemond — a map of the world
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- mattaponi — a river in E Virginia, flowing SE to join the Pamunkey and form the York River. 120 miles (193 km) long.