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8-letter words containing d, o, p

  • put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
  • pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
  • pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
  • 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.
  • randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
  • re-adopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
  • recouped — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
  • red poll — one of a breed of red, hornless, dual-purpose cattle, raised originally in England.
  • redeploy — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
  • reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
  • reponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
  • reported — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
  • rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
  • 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.
  • road map — a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.
  • round up — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • sandsoap — a gritty general-purpose soap
  • sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
  • 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.
  • sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
  • scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
  • scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
  • seed pod — a seed vessel or dehiscent fruit that splits when ripe.
  • sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
  • sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
  • sheepdog — a dog trained to herd and guard sheep.
  • 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.
  • snowdrop — any of several early-blooming bulbous plants belonging to the genus Galanthus, of the amaryllis family, native to Eurasia, especially G. nivalis, having drooping white flowers with green markings.
  • soap pad — a small pad, usually of steel wool, containing a strong soap and used especially to scour pots and pans.
  • soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
  • soapland — a Japanese bathhouse and brothel
  • soapsuds — suds made with water and soap.
  • soda pop — a carbonated, flavored, and sweetened soft drink.
  • solpugid — sun spider.
  • spadroon — a type of sword
  • sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
  • spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
  • splendor — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
  • spodosol — an acidic forest soil of low fertility, common to the cool, humid areas of North America and Eurasia.
  • spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
  • spongoid — resembling a sponge
  • sporades — two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean: the Northern Sporades, lying northeast of Euboea, and the Southern Sporades, which include the Dodecanese and lie off the SW coast of Turkey
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