8-letter words containing d, s, p
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- premised — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- presided — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presider — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- presumed — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- 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.
- prodnose — an inquisitive person
- prodomos — an open vestibule, as a pronaos.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- proposed — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- prosodic — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- proudest — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proudish — rather proud
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- pseudery — pretentious talk
- pseudish — pretentious
- psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
- psyllids — jumping plant louse.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- rapeseed — the seed of the rape.
- redilisp — R.M. Keller, U Utah. Dialect of Lisp used on the Rediflow machine, a derivative of FEL.
- reedstop — an organ stop that is made up of or that controls a rank of reed pipes
- reprised — Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- resplend — to be resplendent
- respread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- 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.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sandpeep — any of various small sandpipers
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand
- sandsoap — a gritty general-purpose soap
- sandspur — an American wild grass
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- 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.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- sceptred — to give a scepter to; invest with authority.
- 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.
- scrapped — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- seed pod — a seed vessel or dehiscent fruit that splits when ripe.