8-letter words containing r, d, o, p
- disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- dog-poor — very poor.
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- 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.
- dopester — a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.
- dopplers — Plural form of doppler.
- douzeper — a member of the douzepers
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- 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.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
- eavedrop — A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
- emplored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- eslpdpro — ESL public domain version of Edinburgh Prolog for MS-DOS. The code is totally compatible with C-Prolog.
- evesdrop — Archaic form of eavesdrop.