8-letter words containing d, e, p, r, i
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- fired up — enthusiastic, excited
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- impaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- implored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- imported — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- improved — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- inspired — aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence: an inspired poet.
- intrepid — resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.
- irrupted — Simple past tense and past participle of irrupt.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kippered — a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leporide — a Belgian hare formerly believed to be a hybrid of the European rabbit and hare.
- lip-read — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- paradise — a town in N California.
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- pedalier — the pedal-board of an organ, piano, etc
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- pedigree — an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
- pedro ii — (Dom Pedro II) 1825–91, emperor of Brazil 1831–89.
- per diem — by the day; for each day.
- periderm — Botany. the cork-producing tissue of stems together with the cork layers and other tissues derived from it.
- peridial — of or pertaining to the peridium
- peridium — the outer enveloping coat of the fruit body in many fungi.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- periodid — kind of iodide
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- perseids — the heavy meteor showers visible annually about Aug. 12: they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus
- picrated — containing picrate
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- pierides — the Muses
- piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- pillared — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- portside — situated on the port side
- praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- pre-edit — to edit in advance
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.