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8-letter words containing d, o, p

  • drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
  • dummkopf — a stupid person; dumbbell; blockhead.
  • duopsony — the market condition that exists when there are only two buyers.
  • dup loop — (messaging)   /d[y]oop loop/ (also "dupe loop") [FidoNet] An infinite stream of duplicated, near-identical messages on a FidoNet echo, the only difference being unique or mangled identification information applied by a faulty or incorrectly configured system or network gateway, thus rendering dup killers ineffective. If such a duplicate message eventually reaches a system through which it has already passed (with the original identification information), all systems passed on the way back to that system are said to be involved in a dup loop.
  • dust-mop — to clean with a dust mop.
  • dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
  • dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
  • dystopic — Dystopian.
  • eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
  • eavedrop — A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
  • emplored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
  • employed — Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
  • endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
  • endpoint — The final stage of a period or process.
  • epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
  • episodic — Containing or consisting of a series of loosely connected parts or events.
  • epoxides — Plural form of epoxide.
  • escapado — an escaped criminal
  • eslpdpro — ESL public domain version of Edinburgh Prolog for MS-DOS. The code is totally compatible with C-Prolog.
  • espoused — Adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).
  • estopped — Simple past tense and past participle of estop.
  • euploidy — (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
  • evesdrop — Archaic form of eavesdrop.
  • exploded — Simple past tense and past participle of explode.
  • exploder — Someone or something that explodes.
  • explodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explode.
  • explored — Simple past tense and past participle of explore.
  • exported — Simple past tense and past participle of export.
  • expounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound.
  • eyedrops — Plural form of eyedrop.
  • fishpond — a small pond containing fish, often one in which edible fish are raised for commercial purposes, as for stocking lakes and streams or wholesaling.
  • fog drip — water falling to the ground from trees, especially conifers, that have collected the moisture from fog.
  • footpads — Plural form of footpad.
  • foredeep — an elongate sediment-filled sea-floor depression bordering an island arc or other orogenic belt.
  • forspend — to exhaust financially
  • frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
  • frog pad — a rubber or leather cushion fixed to a leather sole and fitted under a horseshoe to reduce shock to a horse's foot
  • galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
  • galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
  • god help — You use God help you to warn someone that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do a particular thing.
  • godspeed — good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.).
  • gospodar — a hospodar; a master
  • gospodin — a title of respect corresponding to Mr.
  • gossiped — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
  • grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
  • groupoid — an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def 9), semigroup.
  • gumdrops — Plural form of gumdrop.
  • haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
  • hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
  • hard top — A hard top is a vehicle that has a permanent rigid roof.
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