8-letter words containing d, r, o, p
- provoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- prud'hon — Pierre Paul [pyer pawl] /pyɛr pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Pierre Prudon) 1758–1823, French painter.
- pteropod — belonging or pertaining to the Pteropoda, a group of mollusks having the lateral portions of the foot expanded into winglike lobes used in swimming.
- pundonor — a point of honour
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- puruloid — resembling pus.
- 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.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- spadroon — a type of sword
- 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.
- 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
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- stepford — blandly conformist and submissive
- stoppard — Tom (Thomas Straussler) born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.
- stopword — any of a number of very commonly used words, as a, and, in, and to, that are normally excluded by computer search engines or when compiling a concordance.
- sundrops — any of various plants of the genus Oenothera, of the evening primrose family, having flowers that bloom during the day.
- tapadero — tapadera.
- tapiroid — of or resembling a tapir
- teardrop — a tear or something suggesting a tear: A single teardrop rolled down her face.
- tetrapod — any vertebrate having four limbs or, as in the snake and whale, having had four-limbed ancestors.
- theropod — any member of the suborder Theropoda, comprising carnivorous dinosaurs that had short forelimbs and walked or ran on their hind legs.
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- torpidly — inactive or sluggish.
- trapdoor — a door flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof.
- triploid — having a chromosome number that is three times the basic or haploid number.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- tripodic — having or using three feet or legs.
- trophied — adorned with trophies.