8-letter words containing d, i, p, r
- provider — Internet Access Provider
- puffbird — any of several tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, related to the barbets, having a large head with the feathers often fluffed out.
- punditry — the opinions or methods of pundits.
- purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
- purified — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- puruloid — resembling pus.
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- 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.
- rapidcad — (processor) A specially packaged Intel 486DX and a dummy floating point unit (FPU) designed as pin-compatible replacements for an Intel 80386 processor and 80387 FPU. Since the DX variant has a working on-chip FPU, a dummy FPU package is supplied to go in the 387 FPU socket.
- rapidity — a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
- rapiered — wearing or carrying a rapier
- red pine — a pine, Pinus resinosa, of northeastern North America, having needles in groups of two and reddish bark.
- redilisp — R.M. Keller, U Utah. Dialect of Lisp used on the Rediflow machine, a derivative of FEL.
- repaired — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- repriced — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- reprimed — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- reprised — Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- 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.
- rip-tide — a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- serendip — Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- simpered — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- spin-dry — to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- spindler — a person who spindles
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- spirited — pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- 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.
- stripped — having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- tapiroid — of or resembling a tapir
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- tide-rip — a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- torpidly — inactive or sluggish.
- tripedal — having three feet.
- triploid — having a chromosome number that is three times the basic or haploid number.