8-letter words containing a, d, p
- drop-add — the period at the beginning of a term when students can sign up for new courses and drop courses for which they were previously registered
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drophead — (British) Shortened form of 'drophead coupé'.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- dumpcart — a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.
- dungheap — pile of dung
- dupattas — Plural form of dupatta.
- durgapur — a city in S West Bengal State, NE India.
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- dustpans — Plural form of dustpan.
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- 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.
- empanada — A Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with a variety of savory ingredients and baked or fried.
- emplaced — Simple past tense and past participle of emplace.
- encamped — Simple past tense and past participle of encamp.
- 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.
- endplate — any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- enplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of enplane.
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- ependyma — (anatomy) A thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- escapade — An act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
- escapado — an escaped criminal
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- exampled — Simple past tense and past participle of example.
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- expiated — Simple past tense and past participle of expiate.
- 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.
- footpads — Plural form of footpad.
- fpm dram — Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory
- frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
- frog pad — a rubber or leather cushion fixed to a leather sole and fitted under a horseshoe to reduce shock to a horse's foot
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- gapeseed — a daydream or reverie.
- gazumped — Simple past tense and past participle of gazump.
- gladwrap — a thin polythene material that clings closely to any surface around which it is placed: used for wrapping food