8-letter words containing d, o, e, r, i
- overlied — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- overmild — too mild
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- override — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
- overside — over the side, as of a ship.
- overwide — too wide
- overwind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- oxbridge — Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
- oxidizer — oxidant.
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- pediform — in the form of a foot; footlike.
- pedro ii — (Dom Pedro II) 1825–91, emperor of Brazil 1831–89.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- periodid — kind of iodide
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- porridge — a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
- portside — situated on the port side
- preludio — a musical prelude
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- 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.
- provided — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provider — Internet Access Provider
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- racemoid — racemic
- rationed — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- recodify — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- reinhold — a male given name.
- rejoined — to say in answer; reply, especially to counterreply.
- remodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- reordain — to ordain again
- resinoid — resinlike.
- retinoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- ride out — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- ridgetop — the summit of a ridge
- ringdove — a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rodeoing — a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- sideroad — (esp in Ontario) a road, usually north-south, going at right angles to concession roads
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- solidare — an old coin