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10-letter words containing a, d, p, r, o

  • parasitoid — an organism that practices parasitoidism.
  • pardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
  • pared-down — If you describe something as pared-down, you mean that it has no unnecessary features, and has been reduced to a very simple form.
  • pareidolia — the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
  • parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
  • parlormaid — a maid who takes care of a parlor, answers the door, waits on guests, etc.
  • parodistic — parodic.
  • party food — food that is served at parties; snacks
  • party mood — a celebratory mood; readiness for a party
  • pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
  • patch cord — a short cord with a plug at each end, or a plug at one end and a pair of clips at the other, used for temporarily connecting two pieces of equipment or signal paths.
  • patchboard — a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc
  • patio door — Patio doors are glass doors that lead onto a patio.
  • patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
  • perforated — perforated.
  • periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
  • peroxidase — any of a class of oxidoreductase enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or an organic peroxide.
  • peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
  • person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
  • pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.
  • petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
  • phone card — calling card (def 3).
  • photodrama — photoplay.
  • pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
  • plauditory — approving or laudatory
  • playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
  • pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
  • podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
  • podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
  • polar body — one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
  • polyandric — polyandrous.
  • polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
  • ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
  • ponderance — weight or significance
  • pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
  • port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
  • postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
  • predacious — predatory; rapacious.
  • predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
  • preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
  • pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
  • primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
  • prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
  • pro-indian — Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
  • procedural — procedural language
  • proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
  • prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
  • prodromata — signs or symptoms revealing the onset of a disease
  • programmed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
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