8-Letter Words Containing A,P,R,I,S,M

• a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

• a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

• (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases

• enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

• use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

• arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

• increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

• an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child

• a short pithy instructive saying

• (of soil) soft and watery

• (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

• fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass

• an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain

• condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal