8-letter words that end in p
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food
- glooscap — (among the Micmac and other Native North American peoples) a traditional trickster hero
- glowlamp — An aphlogistic lamp.
- god help — You use God help you to warn someone that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do a particular thing.
- grandpap — (informal) grandfather.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- grass up — to inform on (someone), esp to the police
- grid map — a map on which a network of horizontal and vertical lines are superimposed, for locating points
- grogshop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- gross up — to increase (net income) to its pretax value
- grown-up — having reached the age of maturity.
- guruship — The status of a guru.
- gussy up — to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
- hairclip — A clip to hold back the hair.
- hairgrip — A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
- half-cup — half of a cup, equal to 4 fluid ounces (0.1 liter) or 8 tablespoons.
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- handclap — a clapping of the hands.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handlamp — A small lamp carried in the hand.
- hands up — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- hard top — A hard top is a vehicle that has a permanent rigid roof.
- hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- hat shop — a shop that sell hats
- head dip — a maneuver in which a surfer, by squatting and leaning forward on the surfboard, partially dips his or her head into the wall of a wave.
- headlamp — headlight.
- heads-up — first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- heat map — a graphical representation of data in which a spectrum of colours is used to represent the different values
- hedgehop — to fly an airplane at a very low altitude, as for spraying crops or for low-level bombing in warfare.
- heel-tap — a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- heirship — the position or rights of an heir; right of inheritance; inheritance.
- helistop — a heliport.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- high-top — denoting a sneaker that covers the ankle.
- hit-skip — hit-and-run (defs 1, 2).
- hitch up — pull higher; clothing, suspender
- hockshop — a pawnshop.
- holed up — If you are holed up somewhere, you are hiding or staying there, usually so that other people cannot find or disturb you.
- hook-tip — any of several moths of the genus Daepana, characterized by the hooked point on each forewing
- hostship — The property of being a host.
- housetop — the top or roof of a house.
- hurry up — go faster
- hurry-up — characterized by speed or the need for speed; quick: a hurry-up meal; a hurry-up phone call.
- hyped up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- hyped-up — intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- in-group — a narrow exclusive group; clique.
- infodump — Alternative spelling of info-dump.