8-letter words containing p, a, e, d
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- exampled — Simple past tense and past participle of example.
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
- expander — One who expands; something that expands.
- expiated — Simple past tense and past participle of expiate.
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- gapeseed — a daydream or reverie.
- gazumped — Simple past tense and past participle of gazump.
- grappled — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- hampered — Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
- happened — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- head dip — a maneuver in which a surfer, by squatting and leaning forward on the surfboard, partially dips his or her head into the wall of a wave.
- headlamp — headlight.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- heads-up — first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- hexapods — Plural form of hexapod.
- hexapody — a measure consisting of six feet.
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- impacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- impaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- japanned — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- kidnaped — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- klaipeda — a seaport in NW Lithuania, on the Baltic.
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- lapelled — Having lapels.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- lappered — to clabber; curdle.
- lappeted — Simple past tense and past participle of lappet.
- larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.
- leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- lip-read — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- 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.