8-letter words containing p, a, s, d
- peasecod — the pod of the pea.
- pederast — a person who engages in pederasty.
- pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- 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.
- pheidias — Phidias
- pisidian — the extinct language of Pisidia, not known to be related to any other language, written in a script derived from the Greek alphabet.
- pisshead — a drunkard
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- pleiades — any of the Pleiades.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- pushcard — punchboard.
- 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.
- rapeseed — the seed of the rape.
- respread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sandpeep — any of various small sandpipers
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand
- sandsoap — a gritty general-purpose soap
- sandspur — an American wild grass
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- sauropod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Sauropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, long neck and tail, and five-toed limbs: the largest known land animal.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- scrapped — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- shin pad — A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- sidepath — a minor path
- slapdash — in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.
- slaphead — a bald person
- soap pad — a small pad, usually of steel wool, containing a strong soap and used especially to scour pots and pans.
- soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom