8-letter words containing n, p, d
- pennoned — equipped with a pennon
- pentadic — of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a pentad
- perdendo — (of a piece of music) getting gradually quieter and dying away
- petdingo — (tool) An Estelle to C++ translator.
- phoronid — any member of the invertebrate phylum Phoronida, wormlike marine animals living in a chitinous tube and having an anterior structure bearing ciliated tentacles for feeding.
- piddling — amounting to very little; trifling; negligible: a piddling sum of money.
- piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- piedness — the condition or quality of being pied, for example in an animal
- pin down — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pin feed — sprocket feed
- pin-eyed — (of flowers, esp primulas) having the stigma in the mouth of the corolla, on the end of a long style with the stamens lower in the tube
- pinacoid — a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.
- pindaric — of, relating to, or in the style of Pindar.
- pindling — puny; sickly; frail; weak.
- pindolol — a synthetic beta blocker, C 1 4 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used in the management of hypertension.
- pine end — the gable or gable end of a building
- pineland — Often, pinelands. an area or region covered largely with pine forest: He longed for the pinelands of his home state.
- pinewood — the wood of a pine.
- pinioned — the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
- pinkened — to grow or turn pink.
- pinniped — belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivores with limbs adapted to an aquatic life, including the seals and walruses.
- pisidian — the extinct language of Pisidia, not known to be related to any other language, written in a script derived from the Greek alphabet.
- plaidman — a native of the Highlands of Scotland, being a person who wears plaid
- platband — a flat structural member, as a lintel or flat arch.
- playdown — a play-off.
- playland — an area used for recreation or amusement; playground or amusement park.
- pleading — the act of a person who pleads.
- pledging — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- plodding — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- poll end — the hub holding the sail arms of a windmill.
- 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.
- ponchoed — wearing a poncho
- ponderal — relating to weight
- pondered — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ponderer — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- pondweed — any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, most species of which grow in ponds and quiet streams.
- pop band — a band, consisting of guitars, drums and sometimes other instruments, which plays pop music
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- potbound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- pound on — bang on
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- pounding — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- prandial — of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
- pre-dawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- predrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- prodding — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.