8-letter words containing d, u, r
- our lady — a title of the Virgin Mary.
- our lord — Christians refer to Jesus Christ as Our Lord.
- out-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- outbreed — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- outcrowd — to crowd out or exclude
- outdoors — out of doors; in the open air: He's happiest when he's outdoors.
- outdream — to exceed in dreaming
- outdress — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outdrive — Drive a golf ball farther than (another player).
- outguard — a guard placed furthest away from the main contingent of an army
- outraced — Simple past tense and past participle of outrace.
- outraged — Simple past tense and past participle of outrage.
- outrider — a mounted attendant riding before or beside a carriage.
- outrides — Plural form of outride.
- outsider — a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider.
- outtrade — to outdo in trading; get the better of in a trade.
- outwards — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- outworld — (in science fiction) an outlying or alien planet.
- overdubs — Plural form of overdub.
- overdust — to dust too much
- overfund — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- overloud — too loud
- overrude — very rude
- oversuds — to produce too much lather
- overused — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- pandarus — a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.
- 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.
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- pauropod — a member of the Pauropoda, a class of minute myriapods less than 2 mm (1⁄20 in.) in size, having 8 to 10 pairs of legs and branched antennae
- pedicure — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- perfumed — Something such as fruit or wine that is perfumed has a sweet pleasant smell.
- perfused — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- peridium — the outer enveloping coat of the fruit body in many fungi.
- perjured — guilty of perjury.
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- prejudge — to judge beforehand.
- preluded — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- preludio — a musical prelude