8-letter words containing d, i, a, p
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- head dip — a maneuver in which a surfer, by squatting and leaning forward on the surfboard, partially dips his or her head into the wall of a wave.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- impacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- impaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- indo-pak — of or relating to India and Pakistan
- kidnaped — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- klaipeda — a seaport in NW Lithuania, on the Baltic.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- lampyrid — any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies.
- landskip — landscape.
- landslip — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- lapidary — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- lapidify — To become stone or stony.
- lapidist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lard pig — a large type of pig used principally for lard
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- lily pad — the large, floating leaf of a water lily.
- lip-read — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lipoidal — resembling fat; fatty
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- 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.
- midspace — an area between two celestial objects
- mind map — a diagrammatic method of representing ideas, with related concepts arranged around a core concept
- mindmaps — Plural form of mindmap.
- misadapt — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- misplead — To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
- 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.
- oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- 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
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- oppidans — Plural form of oppidan.
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- pacified — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- pad thai — a Thai dish of stir-fried rice noodles, fish sauce and other seasonings, and usually tofu, shrimp, bean sprouts, and peanuts.
- padishah — (often initial capital letter) great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).
- paillard — a scallop, especially of veal or chicken, that is pounded flat and grilled or sautéed quickly.
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.