8-letter words containing a, p, e, d, o
- 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.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- megapode — any of several large-footed, short-winged gallinaceous Australasian birds of the family Megapodiidae, typically building a compostlike mound of decaying vegetation as an incubator for their eggs.
- memo pad — memorandum pad
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- opalized — made into an opal
- open day — An open day is a day on which members of the public are encouraged to visit a particular school, university, or other institution to see what it is like.
- 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.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- pagehood — the office of, or state of being, a page
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- 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.
- passcode — password (def 2).
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pearwood — the hard, fine-grained, reddish wood of the pear tree, used for ornamentation, small articles of furniture, and musical instruments.
- peasecod — the pod of the pea.
- pedagogy — the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- 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.
- po-faced — having an overly serious demeanor or attitude; humorless.
- poleaxed — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- 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.
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
- 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.
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- 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