8-letter words containing a, d, p, t, e
- mudspate — mudflow.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- palleted — (of the binding of a book) stamped with the name of the binder.
- palmated — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palpated — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- parented — a father or a mother.
- 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.
- past due — payment: overdue, late
- 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.
- patented — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- patinaed — having or covered with a patina.
- pattened — any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- peatland — an extensive tract of land where peat has formed.
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- picrated — containing picrate
- pileated — crested.
- placated — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- potidaea — a city on the Chalcidice Peninsula, whose revolt against Athens in 432 b.c. was one of the causes of the Peloponnesian War.
- pre-date — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- preadapt — to undergo pre-adaptation.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- predated — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- predeath — occurring before or in the lead-up to death; of or pertaining to the period immediately prior to death
- predraft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- pub date — publication date.
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- red tape — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- repeated — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- sidepath — a minor path