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11-letter words containing a, d, i, p, o

  • praecordial — of or pertaining to a part of the body near or in front of the heart; located near to or in front of the heart
  • prairie dog — any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered.
  • prajadhipok — 1893–1941, king of Siam 1925–35.
  • pre-diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
  • pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
  • preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
  • preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
  • predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
  • predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
  • predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
  • predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • preordained — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
  • prima donna — a first or principal female singer of an opera company.
  • prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
  • prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
  • prodigalize — to spend lavishly
  • promenading — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
  • prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
  • pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
  • pseudopodia — pseudopod.
  • psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
  • put paid to — to end or destroy
  • pyrovanadic — of or relating to an acid of vanadium
  • quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
  • radiography — the production of radiographs.
  • radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radiophonic — a radiotelephone.
  • radix point — a point, such as the decimal point in the decimal system, separating the integral part of a number from the fractional part
  • reappointed — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
  • repudiation — the act of repudiating.
  • repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
  • rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
  • safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
  • sapphic ode — Horatian ode.
  • sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
  • schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
  • scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
  • sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
  • soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
  • spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
  • spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
  • sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
  • trepidation — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • trepidatory — characterized by trepidation
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