8-letter words containing a, d, p, r, e
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
- eavedrop — A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
- empaired — Simple past tense and past participle of empair.
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- endpaper — A blank or decorated leaf of paper at the beginning or end of a book, especially one fixed to the inside of the cover.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- grappled — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- hampered — Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- impaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- lappered — to clabber; curdle.
- larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- lip-read — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- pale dry — light in color and not sweet
- pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
- pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- pandered — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderer — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- paradise — a town in N California.
- parceled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parented — a father or a mother.
- parlayed — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parroted — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastured — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- pearland — a town in SE Texas.
- pearwood — the hard, fine-grained, reddish wood of the pear tree, used for ornamentation, small articles of furniture, and musical instruments.
- pedalcar — a four-wheeled vehicle that is operated by pedals, usually a child's toy
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.