8-letter words containing s, p, a, d
- despatch — dispatch
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- diapause — a period of suspended development and growth accompanied by decreased metabolism in insects and some other animals. It is correlated with seasonal changes
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- dickslap — (slang, rare) An objectionable person.
- digraphs — Plural form of digraph.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- disapply — (transitive, legal) To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied.
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispeace — an absence of peace
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- displant — to dislodge.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- disposal — availability for use
- dispread — to spread out
- distopia — Misspelling of dystopia.
- docusoap — a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
- dpsather — Data-parallel Sather. deterministic fine-grained parallelism. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://lynx.csis.dit.csiro.au/p/pub/ather/dpsather.papers.
- dramshop — bar; barroom; saloon.
- dupattas — Plural form of dupatta.
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- dustpans — Plural form of dustpan.
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- escapade — An act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
- escapado — an escaped criminal
- escarped — Simple past tense and past participle of escarp.
- 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.
- footpads — Plural form of footpad.
- gapeseed — a daydream or reverie.
- gospodar — a hospodar; a master
- grandpas — Plural form of grandpa.
- handpass — (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) A pass made by holding the ball in one hand, and hitting it with the other 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.
- hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- heads-up — first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.