10-letter words containing a, d, o, p
- boarded-up — with windows and doors covered with boards for security
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- brachiopod — any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
- broad jump — an exercise and athletic contest in which competitors try to jump the farthest distance possible from a standing start from a fixed board or mark
- broad-jump — long-jump.
- broadpiece — an English coin replaced by the guinea in 1663
- camelopard — giraffe
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- cappadocia — an ancient region of E Asia Minor famous for its horses
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- cephalopod — any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by well-developed head and eyes and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles. The group also includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- clapboards — Plural form of clapboard.
- clappy-doo — a large black mussel
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds
- coal depot — a place at which coal may be deposited, stored, etc
- coated pit — a clathrin-lined depression in the outer surface of a cell membrane, formed of receptors and their specific ligands, that becomes a coated vesicle upon endocytosis.
- codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
- cold-patch — to apply a cold patch to.
- companding — a process in which the dynamic range of a signal is reduced for recording purposes and then expanded to its original value for reproduction or playback.
- compendial — Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the w British Pharmacopoeia, or the w US Pharmacopeia.
- complained — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- cooperated — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- copycatted — Simple past tense and past participle of copycat.
- copyreader — a person who edits and prepares newspaper copy for publication; subeditor
- corporated — Simple past tense and past participle of corporate.
- crop-eared — having the ears or hair cut short
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- damp-proof — to protect against the incursion of damp by adding a dampcourse or by coating with a moisture-resistant preparation
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- data point — a single fact or piece of information; a datum: Other data points, such as crime statistics, are available from the state government.
- datapoints — Plural form of datapoint.
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- dead point — dead center
- decapodous — Decapodal; ten-footed.
- decoupaged — Simple past tense and past participle of decoupage.