8-letter words containing d, o, p
- 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.
- pet food — feed for domestic animals
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- petdingo — (tool) An Estelle to C++ translator.
- pezizoid — having the same shape or characteristics of the cup-like fungi that belong to the genus Peziza
- phalloid — having the form of or bearing a similarity to a penis
- phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
- phleboid — pertaining to or resembling a vein.
- phoronid — any member of the invertebrate phylum Phoronida, wormlike marine animals living in a chitinous tube and having an anterior structure bearing ciliated tentacles for feeding.
- photo cd — (multimedia, specification, standard, storage, graphics) A standard for storing photographic images on CD-ROM, produced by Kodak.
- photo id — a piece of personal identification that contains a photograph
- phyllode — an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade.
- phyllody — the abnormal transformation of a floral structure into a foliage leaf.
- phylloid — leaflike.
- pickford — Mary (Gladys Marie Smith) 1893–1979, U.S. motion-picture actress, born in Canada.
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- pin down — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pinacoid — a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.
- pindolol — a synthetic beta blocker, C 1 4 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used in the management of hypertension.
- pinewood — the wood of a pine.
- pinioned — the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
- pityroid — scaly; resembling bran.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- platypod — Also, platypodous [pluh-tip-uh-duh s] /pləˈtɪp ə dəs/ (Show IPA). having a broad foot, as certain gastropod mollusks.
- play god — make life-and-death decisions
- play-doh — Play-Doh is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- playdown — a play-off.
- plodding — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- po-faced — having an overly serious demeanor or attitude; humorless.
- podalgia — pain in the foot.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- podiatry — the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- podocarp — a stem which supports fruit
- podology — the study of the feet
- podomere — any segment of a limb of an arthropod.
- pokeweed — a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in medicine, and young edible shoots resembling asparagus.
- polaroid — instant photograph
- poleaxed — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- poll end — the hub holding the sail arms of a windmill.
- polluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
- poloidal — relating to a type of magnetic field
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups