8-letter words containing d, i, p, n
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- puddling — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- pudibund — prudish or shameful
- 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.
- punditic — of or relating to pundits
- punditry — the opinions or methods of pundits.
- purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
- pycnidia — (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.
- 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.
- pyridine — a colorless, flammable, liquid organic base, C 5 H 5 N, having a disagreeable odor, usually obtained from coal or synthesized from acetaldehyde and ammonia: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- red pine — a pine, Pinus resinosa, of northeastern North America, having needles in groups of two and reddish bark.
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- 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.
- serendip — Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- shin pad — A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.
- sidespin — a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
- 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.
- skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- spin-dry — to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- spindled — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spindler — a person who spindles
- splendid — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- stipends — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- synapsid — a fossil reptile (of the subclass Synapsida) that exhibits some mammal-like characteristics of the skull
- underlip — the lower lip
- underpin — to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
- undipped — (of a motor vehicle's headlights) not switched from the main beam to a lower beam
- unespied — unnoticed; not seen
- unpained — not suffering pain
- unpaired — not matched
- unpicked — to take out the stitches of (sewing, knitting, etc.).
- unpinked — not decorated with a perforated pattern
- unpitied — not pitied; pitiless