8-letter words containing d, i, o, p
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- potidaea — a city on the Chalcidice Peninsula, whose revolt against Athens in 432 b.c. was one of the causes of the Peloponnesian War.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- prismoid — a solid having sides that are trapezoids and bases or ends that are parallel and similar but not congruent polygons. Compare prism (def 2).
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- proditor — a traitor
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- prosodic — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- proudish — rather proud
- provided — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provider — Internet Access Provider
- psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
- pudovkin — Vsevolod Ilarionovich [fsye-vuh-luh t ee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.
- puruloid — resembling pus.
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- rhizopod — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- rip cord — a cord on a parachute that, when pulled, opens the parachute for descent.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- side pot — (in poker with table stakes) a second or subsequent pot, separate from the main pot, created when a player's entire table stake has been bet in a main pot or another side pot and other players want to continue betting.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
- solpugid — sun spider.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sympodia — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
- tapiroid — of or resembling a tapir
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- torpidly — inactive or sluggish.
- triploid — having a chromosome number that is three times the basic or haploid number.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- tripodic — having or using three feet or legs.
- trophied — adorned with trophies.