8-letter words containing d, s, p
- paradise — a town in N California.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- parishad — (in India) an assembly
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- pashadom — the office or territory of a pasha
- passband — the range of frequencies that pass with a minimum of attenuation through an electronic filter.
- passcode — password (def 2).
- passw0rd — (security) A common default password, often given out by system administrtors to new users, the hope being that they will change it immediately.
- password — a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
- past due — payment: overdue, late
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastured — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- paysandu — a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- peasecod — the pod of the pea.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- perfused — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perseids — the heavy meteor showers visible annually about Aug. 12: they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- pestered — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- pheidias — Phidias
- pie dish — a shallow dish that you cook pies in
- piedness — the condition or quality of being pied, for example in an animal
- pierides — the Muses
- piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- pisidian — the extinct language of Pisidia, not known to be related to any other language, written in a script derived from the Greek alphabet.
- pisshead — a drunkard
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- pleiades — any of the Pleiades.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- portside — situated on the port side
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- 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.
- postcode — an official code used by the post office, similar to the U.S. zip code, that adds numbers and letters to addresses to expedite mail delivery.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- precised — a concise summary.