8-letter words containing a, d, p, r, o
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- road map — a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- spadroon — a type of sword
- sporades — two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean: the Northern Sporades, lying northeast of Euboea, and the Southern Sporades, which include the Dodecanese and lie off the SW coast of Turkey
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- stoppard — Tom (Thomas Straussler) born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.
- tapadero — tapadera.
- tapiroid — of or resembling a tapir
- teardrop — a tear or something suggesting a tear: A single teardrop rolled down her face.
- tetrapod — any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
- trapdoor — a door flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.