8-letter words containing m, a, d, p
- macropod — A plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- maladapt — To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
- megapode — any of several large-footed, short-winged gallinaceous Australasian birds of the family Megapodiidae, typically building a compostlike mound of decaying vegetation as an incubator for their eggs.
- memo pad — memorandum pad
- midspace — an area between two celestial objects
- mind map — a diagrammatic method of representing ideas, with related concepts arranged around a core concept
- mindmaps — Plural form of mindmap.
- misadapt — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- misplead — To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
- modula-p — "Modula-P: A Language for Parallel Programming Definition and Implementation on a Transputer Network", R. Hoffart et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs 1992.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- mud flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- mud-flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- napalmed — Simple past tense and past participle of napalm.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- pagandom — the part of the world inhabited by pagans.
- pajamaed — wearing pajamas
- palmated — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palmdale — a city in SW California.
- palmiped — a web-footed bird
- paludism — malaria.
- pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- pandemia — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
- pandemic — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
- pappadam — an Indian flatbread made of lentil flour, often topped with chutney or various dips or salsas.
- paradigm — Grammar. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
- pashadom — the office or territory of a pasha
- plaidman — a native of the Highlands of Scotland, being a person who wears plaid
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- poppadom — A poppadom is a very thin circular crisp made from a mixture of flour and water, which is fried in oil. Poppadoms are usually eaten with Indian food.
- pplambda — (language) essentially the first-order predicate calculus superposed upon the simply-typed polymorphic lambda-calculus. PPLambda is the object language for LCF.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- 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.
- remapped — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- revamped — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- 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.
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand
- spademan — a man who works with spade
- stampede — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stepdame — a stepmother.