8-letter words containing d, e, s
- overseed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- overside — over the side, as of a ship.
- oversold — simple past tense and past participle of oversell.
- oversuds — to produce too much lather
- overused — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- oxidised — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- oystered — veneered with matched flitches having a figure of concentric rings.
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- paradise — a town in N California.
- pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- passcode — password (def 2).
- 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.
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- peasecod — the pod of the pea.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- perfused — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perseids — the heavy meteor showers visible annually about Aug. 12: they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- pestered — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- pheidias — Phidias
- pie dish — a shallow dish that you cook pies in
- piedness — the condition or quality of being pied, for example in an animal
- 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.
- pisshead — a drunkard
- pleiades — any of the Pleiades.
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- portside — situated on the port side
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- postcode — an official code used by the post office, similar to the U.S. zip code, that adds numbers and letters to addresses to expedite mail delivery.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- precised — a concise summary.
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- premised — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- presided — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presider — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.