8-letter words containing n, p, d
- dropzone — The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- duckpins — Plural form of duckpin.
- dumpings — Plural form of dumping.
- dumpling — a rounded mass of steamed and seasoned dough, often served in soup or with stewed meat.
- dungheap — pile of dung
- duopsony — the market condition that exists when there are only two buyers.
- dustpans — Plural form of dustpan.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspneic — difficult or labored breathing.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- empanada — A Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with a variety of savory ingredients and baked or fried.
- encamped — Simple past tense and past participle of encamp.
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- endpaper — A blank or decorated leaf of paper at the beginning or end of a book, especially one fixed to the inside of the cover.
- endplate — any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- endpoint — The final stage of a period or process.
- enplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of enplane.
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- ependyma — (anatomy) A thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord.
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- expended — Spend or use up (a resource such as money, time, or energy).
- expender — One who expends.
- expensed — Simple past tense and past participle of expense.
- expounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound.
- expugned — Simple past tense and past participle of expugn.
- expunged — Simple past tense and past participle of expunge.
- fishpond — a small pond containing fish, often one in which edible fish are raised for commercial purposes, as for stocking lakes and streams or wholesaling.
- forspend — to exhaust financially
- gospodin — a title of respect corresponding to Mr.
- grandpap — (informal) grandfather.
- grandpas — Plural form of grandpa.
- grandpop — (US, informal) grandfather.
- handclap — a clapping of the hands.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handlamp — A small lamp carried in the hand.
- handpass — (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) A pass made by holding the ball in one hand, and hitting it with the other hand.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- hands up — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handspan — The width of a person’s hand, as measured from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger, when the fingers and thumb are spread out.
- happened — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- hepcidin — A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
- hyphened — Simple past tense and past participle of hyphen.
- impeding — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- impended — Simple past tense and past participle of impend.
- impinged — to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life.
- impounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound.