8-letter words containing p, d, s
- iodopsin — a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- isopedin — the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- isotoped — Simple past tense and past participle of isotope.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jodhpurs — Also called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
- kaapstad — Afrikaans name of Cape Town.
- kindship — The state, condition, or essence of being kind; kindness.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- landskip — landscape.
- landslip — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- lapidist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- lispound — a unit of weight, formerly used in Orkney, Shetland, and Baltic trade, varying from 12 to 34 pounds (5.4 to 15.4kg approx)
- lobopods — Plural form of lobopod.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- midships — amidships.
- midspace — an area between two celestial objects
- 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.
- misproud — unreasonably proud.
- misspend — to spend wrongly or unwisely; squander; waste.
- mistyped — Simple past tense and past participle of mistype.
- monopods — Plural form of monopod.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- octopods — Plural form of octopod.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- openside — (rugby), the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- ophidism — Poisoning by snake venom.
- oppidans — Plural form of oppidan.
- opus dei — an international Roman Catholic organization of lay people and priests founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer (1902–75), with the aim of spreading Christian principles
- outspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- outspend — to outdo in spending; spend more than: They seemed determined to outspend their neighbors.
- padishah — (often initial capital letter) great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).
- paduasoy — a slightly corded, strong, rich, silk fabric.
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- paludism — malaria.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- pandanus — any plant of the genus Pandanus, having sword-shaped leaves arranged in a spiral, comprising the screw pines.
- pandarus — a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.
- pandavas — (in the Mahabharata) the family of Arjuna, at war with their cousins, the Kauravas.