8-Letter Words Containing: A,P,I,D,A

• a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning

• the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

• advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• injure permanently

• attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant

• put at a disadvantage

• systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

• a standard or typical example

• the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

• the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

• having a capacity for adaptation

• of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them

• an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them

• a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones

• minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae