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9-letter words containing d, o, r, p, e

  • knee drop — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his or her opponent and drops him or her onto his or her bent knee
  • landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
  • leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
  • line drop — the decrease in voltage between two points on an electric line, often caused by resistance or leakage along the line.
  • lop-eared — having ears that droop or hang down.
  • madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
  • madrepore — any true or stony coral of the order Madreporaria, forming reefs or islands in tropical seas.
  • meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
  • mudhopper — an amphibious fish found on mud flats and in mangrove swamps
  • name-drop — mention famous person to impress
  • on parade — on display
  • open door — the policy of admitting people of all nationalities or ethnic groups to a country upon equal terms, as for immigration.
  • open-door — If a country or organization has an open-door policy towards people or goods, it allows them to come there freely, without any restrictions.
  • oppressed — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
  • orphreyed — embroidered with gold
  • orthopedy — Archaic form of orthopedics.
  • outpoured — Simple past tense and past participle of outpour.
  • outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
  • outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
  • overpedal — to play (the piano) with excessive use of the pedals
  • overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
  • overproud — excessively proud.
  • overspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
  • overspend — to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
  • paderborn — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in NW Germany.
  • padre pio — a form of punishment shooting employed by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland in which the victim is shot through the palms of both hands
  • paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
  • panderous — resembling a pander
  • paradoxer — a proposer of a paradox
  • parasoled — having a parasol
  • parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
  • pardalote — any of several tiny, short-tailed Australian songbirds of the genus Pardalotus, having short bills and most having brilliant plumage with gemlike specks on the dark upper parts.
  • patrolled — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
  • pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
  • payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
  • payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
  • pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
  • pedometer — an instrument worn by a walker or runner for recording the number of steps taken, thereby showing approximately the distance traveled.
  • pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
  • pelorised — affected by peloria
  • pendragon — either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def 2), Uther.
  • penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
  • perdition — a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
  • pereiopod — (in a crustacean) an appendage of the thorax.
  • perfboard — hardboard with perforations into which pegs or hooks can be inserted for hanging or displaying objects.
  • performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • peridotic — of, relating to, or containing peridot
  • peridrome — (in Classical architecture) a colonnaded walkway running round a building, esp around a Classical temple
  • periodate — a salt of a periodic acid, as sodium periodate, Na 2 H 3 IO 6 .
  • periodide — an iodide with the maximum proportion of iodine.
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