8-letter words containing d, o, p
- doorpost — doorjamb.
- doorstep — a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
- doorstop — a device for holding a door open, as a wedge or small weight.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dope out — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- doped up — If someone is doped up, they are in a state where they cannot think clearly because they are under the influence of drugs.
- dopehead — a drug addict.
- dopester — a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.
- dopiness — The characteristic of being dopey.
- dopplers — Plural form of doppler.
- doupioni — an irregular silk thread reeled from two or more entangled cocoons and producing a coarse yarn generally used in fabrics such as shantung or pongee.
- douzeper — a member of the douzepers
- downpipe — downspout.
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- downspin — spin (def 19).
- downstep — An downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
- doxapram — a drug used to stimulate the respiratory process
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- dramshop — bar; barroom; saloon.
- draw top — a tabletop that can be extended by drawing out and raising leaves suspended from either end.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- drooping — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- drop box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- drop off — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drop out — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drop tee — a tee having lugs for attaching it to a wall or joist.
- drop-add — the period at the beginning of a term when students can sign up for new courses and drop courses for which they were previously registered
- drop-box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- drop-ins — [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Especially used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input.
- drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- dropdown — (computing, GUI, of a widget) Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.
- drophead — (British) Shortened form of 'drophead coupé'.
- dropkick — (football) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- droplets — Plural form of droplet.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- droplock — a variable-rate bank loan used on international markets that is automatically replaced by a fixed-rate long-term bond if the long-term interest rates fall to a specified level; it thus combines the advantages of a bank loan with those of a bond
- dropoffs — Plural form of dropoff.
- dropouts — Plural form of dropout.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- droppers — Plural form of dropper.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dropship — (science fiction, gaming) A flying transport that drops troops onto the battlefield.
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- dropwort — a European plant, Filipendula vulgaris, of the rose family, bearing small, scentless, white or reddish flowers.
- dropzone — The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.