8-letter words containing a, p, o, d
- indo-pak — of or relating to India and Pakistan
- 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.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- 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.
- lipoidal — resembling fat; fatty
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- macropod — A plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- 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
- modula-p — "Modula-P: A Language for Parallel Programming Definition and Implementation on a Transputer Network", R. Hoffart et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs 1992.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- octapody — (in poetic metre) a line, stanza, or piece of poetic writing that contains eight feet
- odograph — a recording odometer.
- oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- 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.
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- oppidans — Plural form of oppidan.
- 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.
- packwood — Bob, born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1969–95.
- pad foot — Furniture. any of various kinds of feet to a cabriole leg, as club, slipper, trifid, or web, having the form of a flattened extension of its lines.
- paduasoy — a slightly corded, strong, rich, silk fabric.
- pagandom — the part of the world inhabited by pagans.
- pagehood — the office of, or state of being, a page
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- palladio — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1508–80, Italian architect famous for his widely translated Four Books of Architecture, 1570.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- pandowdy — apple pandowdy.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- paradrop — airdrop.
- paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parlando — sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).