8-letter words containing p
- beartrap — A large trap used to catch a bear, usually as a foot trap.
- beaucoup — a large amount, an abundance
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- bebopper — A musician or aficionado of bebop music.
- becarpet — to lay carpet on
- bediaper — to put a nappy on
- bedimple — to form dimples in
- bedplate — a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached
- bedposts — one of the upright supports of a bedstead.
- beerpull — the handle of a beer pump.
- behappen — to befall
- bell lap — the final lap in a race of repeated circuits, signaled by the ringing of a bell.
- bellpull — a handle or rope that is pulled to ring a bell
- bellpush — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
- belly up — If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts.
- belmopan — (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)
- benchtop — a flat surface area
- bepepper — to pelt with small missiles or sand
- bepester — to pester persistently
- bepimple — form pimples on
- beplumed — decorated with feathers
- bepommel — to beat vigorously
- bepowder — to cover with powder
- bepraise — to praise highly
- bespoken — a past participle of bespeak.
- bespouse — to marry
- bespread — to cover (a surface) with something
- besprent — sprinkled over
- bethpage — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- bhatpara — a city in NE India, in West Bengal on the Hooghly River: jute and cotton mills. Pop: 441 956 (2001)
- bhelpuri — an Indian dish of puffed rice and vegetables
- bi-party — representing two distinct parties: a biparty investigating committee.
- bibimbap — a Korean dish of rice, sautéed and seasoned vegetables, and hot pepper paste
- bicuspid — having or terminating in two cusps or points
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biomorph — a set of two-dimensional branching biomorphic images that can be used to illustrate evolutionary concepts
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector
- bioscopy — examination of a body to determine whether it is alive
- biotroph — a parasitic organism, esp a fungus
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biphasic — having two phases
- biphenyl — a white or colourless crystalline solid used as a heat-transfer agent, as a fungicide, as an antifungal food preservative (E230) on the skins of citrus fruit, and in the manufacture of dyes, etc. Formula: C6H5C6H5
- bit part — A bit part is a small and unimportant role for an actor in a film or play.
- black op — Often, black ops. a secret mission or campaign carried out by a military, governmental, or other organization, typically one in which the organization conceals or denies its involvement: Some national intelligence agencies use black ops to undermine enemy governments. The company even resorted to an industrial black op to steal secrets from its competitor.
- blackcap — a brownish-grey Old World warbler, Sylvia atricapilla, the male of which has a black crown
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- bleeping — (used as a substitute word for one regarded as objectionable): Get that bleeping cat out of here!