8-letter words containing l, d, o, p
- exploded — Simple past tense and past participle of explode.
- exploder — Someone or something that explodes.
- explodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explode.
- explored — Simple past tense and past participle of explore.
- frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- god help — You use God help you to warn someone that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do a particular thing.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- holed up — If you are holed up somewhere, you are hiding or staying there, usually so that other people cannot find or disturb you.
- hopfield — a field in which hops are grown
- imploded — Simple past tense and past participle of implode.
- implodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implode.
- implored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- imployed — Simple past tense and past participle of imploy.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- kilopond — the force exerted by one kilogram in standard gravity
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- leg drop — a narrow scenery flat or drop, often used in a pair to form an inverted U .
- 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.
- lepidote — covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- leporide — a Belgian hare formerly believed to be a hybrid of the European rabbit and hare.
- 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.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- lipiodol — A poppyseed oil used by injection as a radiopaque contrast agent.
- lipoidal — resembling fat; fatty
- 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.
- lolloped — Simple past tense and past participle of lollop.
- 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).
- loved-up — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- millpond — a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.
- modula-p — "Modula-P: A Language for Parallel Programming Definition and Implementation on a Transputer Network", R. Hoffart et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs 1992.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- opalized — made into an opal
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- palladio — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1508–80, Italian architect famous for his widely translated Four Books of Architecture, 1570.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- parlando — sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.