8-letter words containing AP
Embark on an exploration of 8-letter words that contain the letter AP. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate AP within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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applause | 12 | a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | - |
approach | 17 | the act of drawing spatially closer to something | the hunter's approach scattered the geese |
captured | 13 | - | - |
collapse | 12 | suffer a nervous breakdown | - |
appetite | 12 | a feeling of craving something | an appetite for life |
capacity | 17 | the amount that can be contained | the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons |
approved | 16 | established by authority; given authoritative approval | a list of approved candidates |
approval | 15 | the formal act of approving | his decision merited the approval of any sensible person |
happiest | 15 | - | - |
escaping | 13 | - | - |
napoleon | 10 | a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes | - |
clapping | 15 | a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | - |
metaphor | 15 | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | - |
apparent | 12 | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields |
applying | 16 | - | - |
baptized | 22 | having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | - |
strapped | 13 | - | - |
slapping | 13 | - | - |
wrapping | 16 | the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | - |
scraping | 13 | a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility) | all that bowing and scraping did not impress him |
handicap | 16 | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | - |
flapping | 16 | the motion made by flapping up and down | - |
snapping | 13 | - | - |
tapeworm | 15 | ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | - |
schnapps | 17 | any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes | - |
shrapnel | 13 | shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight | - |
appendix | 20 | a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch | - |
graphics | 16 | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | - |
swapping | 16 | - | - |
weaponry | 16 | weapons considered collectively | - |
snapshot | 13 | an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | my snapshots haven't been developed yet |
appalled | 13 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
chaplain | 15 | a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
sapphire | 15 | a light shade of blue | - |
nightcap | 16 | a cloth cap worn in bed | - |
reappear | 12 | appear again | The sores reappeared on her body |
baptised | 13 | having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | - |
trapping | 13 | stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | - |
catapult | 12 | hurl as if with a sling | - |
aptitude | 11 | inherent ability | - |
tapestry | 13 | a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs | - |
crapping | 15 | - | - |
knapsack | 20 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
capsized | 22 | - | - |
vaporize | 22 | decrease rapidly and disappear | all my stock assets have vaporized |
seraphim | 15 | - | - |
aperitif | 13 | alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer | - |
escapade | 13 | any carefree episode | - |
synaptic | 15 | (neuroscience) of or involving synapses | - |
rhapsody | 17 | an enthusiastic expression of emotion | - |
paperboy | 17 | a boy who sells or delivers newspapers | - |
leapfrog | 14 | advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors | the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends |
chaperon | 15 | one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | - |
untapped | 13 | not drawn upon or used | untapped reserves of coal |
trapdoor | 11 | - | - |
apprised | 13 | - | - |
aperture | 10 | a device that controls amount of light admitted | - |
appeased | 13 | - | - |
jalapeno | 17 | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | - |
claptrap | 14 | pompous or pretentious talk or writing | - |
appraise | 12 | consider in a comprehensive way | He appraised the situation carefully before acting |
adaptive | 14 | having a capacity for adaptation | the adaptive coloring of a chameleon |
apoplexy | 22 | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | - |
escapism | 14 | an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | his alcohol problem was a form of escapism |
flapjack | 26 | a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | - |
seaplane | 10 | glide on the water in a hydroplane | - |
seascape | 12 | a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) | - |
escapist | 12 | a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | - |
graphite | 14 | used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | - |
slapdash | 14 | marked by great carelessness | slapdash work |
apostate | 10 | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | - |
papillon | 12 | small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat | - |
baptists | 12 | any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers | - |
flypaper | 18 | paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies | - |
vaporise | 13 | turn into gas | - |
tapering | 11 | becoming gradually narrower | long tapering fingers |
firetrap | 13 | a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
capuchin | 17 | monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | - |
scrapper | 14 | someone who fights (or is fighting) | - |
skullcap | 16 | a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised | - |
kidnaped | 16 | - | - |
cenotaph | 15 | a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered | - |
rapidity | 14 | a rate that is rapid | - |
elapsing | 11 | - | - |
capybara | 17 | pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | - |
capstone | 12 | a stone that forms the top of wall or building | - |
slapshot | 13 | a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick | - |
raptured | 11 | - | - |
approver | 15 | an authority with power to approve | - |
adaption | 11 | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | - |
unmapped | 15 | (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated | - |
papering | 13 | the application of wallpaper | - |
priapism | 14 | condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal | - |
anaphase | 13 | the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
grappler | 13 | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | - |
japonica | 19 | deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms | - |
chapatti | 15 | flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle | - |
capsicum | 16 | chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers | - |
vaporous | 13 | resembling or characteristic of vapor | vaporous clouds |
synapsis | 13 | the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis | - |
tapenade | 11 | a spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil | - |
scrapple | 14 | scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying | - |
snappish | 15 | apt to speak irritably | a snappish tone of voice |
aphorism | 15 | a short pithy instructive saying | - |
clappers | 14 | (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | - |
carapace | 14 | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | - |
strapper | 12 | a large and strong and heavyset man | - |
scapular | 12 | garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | - |
slapjack | 23 | - | - |
prolapse | 12 | the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | - |
rapacity | 15 | reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
apposite | 12 | being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images |
apostasy | 13 | the act of abandoning a party for cause | - |
appeaser | 12 | someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands | An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last |
kidnaper | 15 | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | - |
naproxen | 17 | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain | - |
oilpaper | 12 | paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil | - |
unstraps | 10 | - | - |
unsoaped | 11 | - | - |
unweapon | 13 | - | - |
unreaped | 11 | - | - |
unshaped | 14 | incompletely or imperfectly shaped | unshaped dough |
unshapen | 13 | incompletely or imperfectly shaped | - |
unshapes | 13 | - | - |
unsapped | 13 | - | - |
usucapts | 12 | - | - |
upheaped | 16 | - | - |
upleaped | 13 | - | - |
wattapes | 13 | - | - |
weaponed | 14 | carrying weapons | - |
wappered | 16 | - | - |
waldrapp | 16 | - | - |
whitecap | 18 | a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white | - |
wickapes | 19 | - | - |
whapping | 19 | - | - |
whappers | 18 | - | - |
wrapover | 16 | - | - |
wrappage | 16 | - | - |
wrappers | 15 | - | - |
wiretaps | 13 | - | - |
winesaps | 13 | - | - |
zaptiehs | 22 | - | - |
zaptiahs | 22 | - | - |
zapateos | 19 | - | - |
zappiest | 21 | - | - |
xeraphim | 22 | - | - |
yappiest | 15 | - | - |
yapsters | 13 | - | - |
vapulate | 13 | - | - |
vapourer | 13 | - | - |
vapoured | 14 | - | - |
vapidest | 14 | - | - |
vapidity | 17 | the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated | - |
vaporers | 13 | - | - |
vaporing | 14 | an instance of boastful talk | - |
vaporish | 16 | resembling or characteristic of vapor | - |
stopgaps | 13 | - | - |
suiplaps | 12 | - | - |
subgraph | 16 | - | - |
swappers | 15 | - | - |
swaption | 13 | - | - |
suntraps | 10 | - | - |
talapoin | 10 | smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests | - |
syngraph | 17 | - | - |
synaphea | 16 | - | - |
synapsed | 14 | - | - |
synapses | 13 | - | - |
synapsid | 14 | extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull | - |
synaptes | 13 | - | - |
tapeline | 10 | measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths | - |
taperers | 10 | - | - |
tapholes | 13 | - | - |
taphouse | 13 | tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | - |
tapelike | 14 | - | - |
tapeless | 10 | - | - |
tapacolo | 12 | - | - |
tapaculo | 12 | - | - |
tapadera | 11 | - | - |
tapadero | 11 | - | - |
tapeable | 12 | - | - |
tapiocas | 12 | - | - |
tapiroid | 11 | - | - |
tappable | 14 | - | - |
tappiced | 15 | - | - |
tappices | 14 | - | - |
tappings | 13 | - | - |
taprooms | 12 | - | - |
taproots | 10 | - | - |
tapsters | 10 | - | - |
tarpaper | 12 | - | - |
threapit | 13 | - | - |
threaper | 13 | - | - |
threaped | 14 | - | - |
thrapple | 15 | - | - |
terrapin | 10 | any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water | - |
teraphim | 15 | - | - |
tetrapla | 10 | - | - |
tetrapod | 11 | a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages | - |
tilapias | 10 | - | - |
trappers | 12 | - | - |
trappier | 12 | - | - |
trappose | 12 | - | - |
trappous | 12 | - | - |
traprock | 16 | - | - |
trapunto | 10 | - | - |
trappean | 12 | - | - |
trapesed | 11 | - | - |
trapeses | 10 | - | - |
trapezed | 20 | - | - |
trapezes | 19 | - | - |
trapezia | 19 | - | - |
trapezii | 19 | - | - |
traplike | 14 | - | - |
trapline | 10 | - | - |
trapball | 12 | - | - |
trapnest | 10 | - | - |
triapsal | 10 | - | - |
trigraph | 14 | - | - |
uncaping | 13 | - | - |
uncapped | 15 | used especially of front teeth | natural uncapped teeth |
undraped | 12 | lacking drapery or draperies | undraped windows |
undrapes | 11 | - | - |
underlap | 11 | - | - |
unpapers | 12 | - | - |
stapples | 12 | - | - |
stapping | 13 | - | - |
stapedes | 11 | - | - |
stapedii | 11 | - | - |
stapelia | 10 | any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers | - |
staplers | 10 | - | - |
stapling | 11 | - | - |
steapsin | 10 | - | - |
rhaphide | 17 | - | - |
rhapsode | 14 | - | - |
rootcaps | 12 | - | - |
sandsoap | 11 | - | - |
sapajous | 17 | - | - |
sapegoes | 11 | - | - |
sapheads | 14 | - | - |
sandheap | 14 | - | - |
scapaing | 13 | - | - |
scaphoid | 16 | shaped like a boat | - |
scappled | 15 | - | - |
scapples | 14 | - | - |
scapulae | 12 | - | - |
scapulas | 12 | - | - |
schapped | 18 | - | - |
schappes | 17 | - | - |
schapska | 19 | - | - |
saphenae | 13 | - | - |
saporous | 10 | full of flavor | - |
sapphics | 17 | - | - |
sapphism | 17 | female homosexuality | - |
sapphist | 15 | - | - |
sappiest | 12 | - | - |
sappling | 13 | - | - |
sapremia | 12 | blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter | - |
saponite | 10 | - | - |
saponins | 10 | - | - |
saphenas | 13 | - | - |
sapidity | 14 | the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | - |
sapience | 12 | ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight | - |
sapiency | 15 | - | - |
sapients | 10 | - | - |
saplings | 11 | - | - |
saponify | 16 | become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali | - |
saponine | 10 | - | - |
sapremic | 14 | - | - |
saprobes | 12 | - | - |
saprobic | 14 | living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen | - |
sapropel | 12 | sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans | - |
sapsagos | 11 | - | - |
sapucaia | 12 | - | - |
sapwoods | 14 | - | - |
satrapal | 10 | - | - |
scrapers | 12 | - | - |
scrapies | 12 | - | - |
scrapped | 15 | - | - |
seraphin | 13 | - | - |
seraphic | 15 | having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | looking so seraphic when he slept |
seaports | 10 | - | - |
seapiece | 12 | - | - |
shiplaps | 15 | - | - |
shapable | 15 | - | - |
shapeups | 15 | - | - |
shapings | 14 | - | - |
skyscape | 19 | - | - |
slappers | 12 | - | - |
slaphead | 14 | - | - |
sinapism | 12 | a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient | - |
snaptins | 10 | - | - |
snapweed | 14 | - | - |
sneaping | 11 | - | - |
snapback | 18 | - | - |
snapless | 10 | - | - |
snaplink | 14 | - | - |
snappers | 12 | - | - |
snappier | 12 | - | - |
snappily | 15 | - | - |
soaplike | 14 | - | - |
soaproot | 10 | - | - |
soapsuds | 11 | the froth produced by soaps or detergents | - |
soapwort | 13 | plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised | - |
soapless | 10 | - | - |
soapland | 11 | - | - |
soapbark | 16 | - | - |
soapiest | 10 | - | - |
snowcaps | 15 | - | - |
repapers | 12 | - | - |
relapsed | 11 | - | - |
relapser | 10 | - | - |
relapses | 10 | - | - |
remapped | 15 | - | - |
retaping | 11 | - | - |
reshaped | 14 | - | - |
reshaper | 13 | - | - |
reshapes | 13 | - | - |
papilios | 12 | - | - |
pappiest | 14 | - | - |
pappoose | 14 | an American Indian infant | - |
pappuses | 14 | - | - |
papricas | 14 | - | - |
paprikas | 16 | - | - |
papulose | 12 | - | - |
papulous | 12 | - | - |
papyrian | 15 | - | - |
pappadom | 17 | - | - |
pappadam | 17 | - | - |
papillae | 12 | - | - |
papillar | 12 | - | - |
papisher | 15 | - | - |
papishes | 15 | - | - |
papistic | 14 | of or relating to or supporting Romanism | - |
papistry | 15 | - | - |
papooses | 12 | - | - |
papyrine | 15 | - | - |
paphians | 15 | - | - |
papadums | 15 | - | - |
papalise | 12 | - | - |
papalism | 14 | - | - |
papalist | 12 | - | - |
papalize | 21 | - | - |
paperers | 12 | - | - |
paperier | 12 | - | - |
papadoms | 15 | - | - |
papadams | 15 | - | - |
papacies | 14 | - | - |
parapara | 12 | - | - |
parapets | 12 | - | - |
paraphed | 16 | - | - |
periapts | 12 | - | - |
peekapoo | 16 | - | - |
photomap | 17 | - | - |
petnaper | 12 | - | - |
pitapats | 12 | - | - |
plapping | 15 | - | - |
pinesaps | 12 | - | - |
portapak | 16 | - | - |
preshape | 15 | - | - |
prewraps | 15 | - | - |
priapean | 12 | - | - |
pretapes | 12 | - | - |
pretaped | 13 | - | - |
preapply | 17 | - | - |
preadapt | 13 | - | - |
reaphook | 17 | - | - |
reapable | 12 | - | - |
recapped | 15 | - | - |
recaptor | 12 | - | - |
rappeled | 13 | - | - |
rappings | 13 | - | - |
rapports | 12 | - | - |
raptness | 10 | - | - |
raptures | 10 | - | - |
rataplan | 10 | the sound made by beating a drum | - |
rapparee | 12 | - | - |
rapeseed | 11 | seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil | - |
raphania | 13 | - | - |
raphides | 14 | - | - |
rapidest | 11 | - | - |
rapiered | 11 | - | - |
raplochs | 15 | - | - |
readapts | 11 | - | - |
rattraps | 10 | - | - |
overleap | 13 | jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | - |
overlaps | 13 | - | - |
overheap | 16 | - | - |
pakapoos | 16 | - | - |
anapaest | 10 | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables | - |
anapests | 10 | - | - |
anaphora | 13 | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | - |
anaphors | 13 | - | - |
aphonies | 13 | - | - |
apiculus | 12 | - | - |
apimania | 12 | - | - |
apiology | 14 | - | - |
aplanats | 10 | - | - |
aplasias | 10 | - | - |
aplastic | 12 | - | - |
aplustre | 10 | - | - |
apneuses | 10 | - | - |
apically | 15 | - | - |
apiarist | 10 | a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | - |
aphonous | 13 | - | - |
aphorise | 13 | speak or write in aphorisms | - |
aphorist | 13 | someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms | - |
aphorize | 22 | speak or write in aphorisms | - |
aphthous | 16 | - | - |
apiarian | 10 | relating to bees or beekeeping | - |
apiaries | 10 | - | - |
apneusis | 10 | - | - |
apoapses | 12 | - | - |
apoapsis | 12 | (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited | - |
apologal | 11 | - | - |
apologia | 11 | a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly | - |
apologue | 11 | a short moral story (often with animal characters) | - |
apolunes | 10 | - | - |
apomicts | 14 | - | - |
apomixes | 19 | - | - |
apomixis | 19 | any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization | - |
apophony | 18 | - | - |
apograph | 16 | - | - |
apogamic | 15 | of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | - |
apocarps | 14 | - | - |
apocarpy | 17 | - | - |
apocopes | 14 | - | - |
apocopic | 16 | - | - |
apocrine | 12 | (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion | mother's milk is one apocrine secretion |
apodoses | 11 | - | - |
apodosis | 11 | - | - |
apogaeic | 13 | - | - |
apophyge | 19 | - | - |
aphonics | 15 | - | - |
apadanas | 11 | - | - |
apagoges | 12 | - | - |
apagogic | 14 | - | - |
apanaged | 12 | - | - |
apanages | 11 | - | - |
aparejos | 17 | - | - |
apatetic | 12 | - | - |
apathies | 13 | - | - |
apatites | 10 | - | - |
apehoods | 14 | - | - |
aphasics | 15 | - | - |
aphelian | 13 | - | - |
aphelion | 13 | apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun | - |
aphetise | 13 | - | - |
aphetize | 22 | - | - |
aphicide | 16 | - | - |
aphidian | 14 | - | - |
apholate | 13 | - | - |
aphasias | 13 | - | - |
aphasiac | 15 | - | - |
apepsias | 12 | - | - |
apepsies | 12 | - | - |
aperient | 10 | a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | - |
aphagias | 14 | - | - |
aphakias | 17 | - | - |
aphanite | 13 | fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye | - |
aphonias | 13 | - | - |
applique | 21 | a decorative design made of one material sewn over another | - |
apprizer | 21 | - | - |
apprizes | 21 | - | - |
approofs | 15 | - | - |
approves | 15 | - | - |
apprized | 22 | - | - |
apprises | 12 | - | - |
appoints | 12 | - | - |
apposers | 12 | - | - |
apposing | 13 | - | - |
appriser | 12 | - | - |
appulses | 12 | - | - |
appuying | 16 | - | - |
apractic | 14 | having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder | - |
apyrases | 13 | - | - |
apyretic | 15 | - | - |
apyrexia | 20 | - | - |
apterous | 10 | (of insects) without wings | - |
apraxias | 17 | - | - |
apricate | 12 | - | - |
apricock | 18 | - | - |
apricots | 12 | - | - |
apronful | 13 | - | - |
aproning | 11 | - | - |
apterism | 12 | - | - |
apterium | 12 | - | - |
appliers | 12 | - | - |
apoplast | 12 | - | - |
apothece | 15 | - | - |
apothegm | 16 | a short pithy instructive saying | - |
apothems | 15 | - | - |
appaired | 13 | - | - |
appanage | 13 | any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life | for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use |
apparats | 12 | - | - |
apparels | 12 | - | - |
apostles | 10 | - | - |
apostils | 10 | - | - |
aporetic | 12 | - | - |
apositia | 10 | - | - |
apositic | 12 | - | - |