8-letter words containing d, r, o, p
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- portside — situated on the port side
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- powdered — finely granulated
- preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- preloved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- premodel — a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.
- premould — to mould in advance
- preorder — to order something in advance of it being available
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- prismoid — a solid having sides that are trapezoids and bases or ends that are parallel and similar but not congruent polygons. Compare prism (def 2).
- proceeds — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- proditor — a traitor
- prodnose — an inquisitive person
- prodomos — an open vestibule, as a pronaos.
- prodrome — a premonitory symptom.
- produced — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producer — a person who produces.
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- prograde — to (cause to) advance towards the sea by progradation
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- promoted — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- prompted — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- proponed — to suggest for consideration; propose.
- proposed — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- propound — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prosodic — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- protopod — the basal part of a crustacean's limb
- protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- protrude — to project.
- proud of — highly pleased with or exulting in
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proudful — proud; full of pride.
- proudhon — Pierre Joseph [pyer zhaw-zef] /pyɛr ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1809–65, French socialist and writer.
- proudish — rather proud
- provided — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provider — Internet Access Provider