8-letter words containing d, i, p, r
- 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.
- iodophor — a complex of iodine and a surfactant that releases free iodine in solution, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
- irrupted — Simple past tense and past participle of irrupt.
- jodhpuri — of or relating to Jodhpur or its inhabitants
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kippered — a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
- lampyrid — any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies.
- lapidary — 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.
- 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.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- 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.
- mic drop — a gesture in which a person drops (or imitates the action of dropping) a handheld microphone to the ground as the finale to a speech or performance
- mic-drop — the act of intentionally dropping one’s microphone at the end of a speech or performance, displaying a bold confidence that it has been very impressive or cannot be topped.
- misproud — unreasonably proud.
- 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.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- paillard — a scallop, especially of veal or chicken, that is pounded flat and grilled or sautéed quickly.
- palliard — an expert beggar; an unsavoury character
- paradigm — Grammar. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
- parading — a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- paradise — a town in N California.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- parishad — (in India) an assembly
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- parotoid — Also called parotoid gland. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
- pay dirt — soil, gravel, or ore that can be mined profitably.
- 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.