8-letter words containing pa
- crepance — an injury to the hind leg of a horse caused by its being struck by the shoe of the other hind foot
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- datepalm — Alternative spelling of date palm.
- day pass — a ticket that, once bought, enables you to use, travel on or access something free for one day
- daypacks — Plural form of daypack.
- de palma — Brian, born 1940, U.S. film director.
- deadpans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadpan.
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- depacked — Simple past tense and past participle of depack.
- departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
- departee — a person who departs or has departed
- departer — a person who refines metals by separating them from alloys
- desk pad — a pad of paper for use on a desk
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despatch — dispatch
- 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
- diazepam — a chemical compound used as a minor tranquillizer and muscle relaxant and to treat acute epilepsy. Formula: C16H13ClN2O
- digipack — a cardboard package for a compact disc or DVD
- dippable — (of a headlamp, etc) capable of being dipped
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dogpatch — a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education: He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.
- 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.
- drapable — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drepanid — any moth of the superfamily Drepanoidae (family Drepanidae): it comprises the hook-tip moths
- drip pan — a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings.
- drippage — a dripping, as of water from a faucet.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- dupattas — Plural form of dupatta.
- dustpans — Plural form of dustpan.
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- empacket — to wrap up
- empaired — Simple past tense and past participle of empair.
- empanada — A Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with a variety of savory ingredients and baked or fried.
- empanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empanel.
- empathic — Showing or expressing empathy.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- endpaper — A blank or decorated leaf of paper at the beginning or end of a book, especially one fixed to the inside of the cover.
- epagogic — relating to inductive reasoning
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- epaulets — Plural form of epaulet.
- equipage — The equipment for a particular purpose.
- escapade — An act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
- escapado — an escaped criminal