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10-letter words containing a, l, d, e

  • olive drab — a deep olive color.
  • one-tailed — (of a significance test) concerned with the hypothesis that an observed value of a sampling statistic either significantly exceeds or falls significantly below a given value, where the error is relevant only in one direction: for instance, in testing whether scales are fair a customer does not regard overweight goods as a relevant error
  • oracle rdb — (database)   A set of relational database products originally known as Rdb from Digital Equipment Corporation, but purchased by Oracle Corporation in 1994. The current (October 1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS VAX, Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for Digital UNIX. This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in non-stop computing for business critical applications, improvements to OLTP performance, and easy client/server application development. It also includes an ODBC Driver.
  • ordainable — able to be ordained
  • ordinately — in an ordered manner
  • oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
  • oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
  • outclassed — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
  • outdatedly — in an outdated manner
  • outdazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdazzle.
  • outflanked — Simple past tense and past participle of outflank.
  • outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
  • outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
  • overcalled — (poker) Simple past tense and past participle of overcall.
  • overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
  • overlapped — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • overloaded — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
  • overplaced — placed above
  • overscaled — on an excessive scale
  • oxidizable — able to be oxidized
  • packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
  • paddle box — a structure enclosing a paddle wheel.
  • paddleball — a game played on a handball court following the same basic rules as handball, but in which players use short-handled, perforated paddles to hit a ball resembling a tennis ball.
  • paddleboat — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel.
  • paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
  • paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
  • paedophile — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • pale-faced — having a pale face
  • palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
  • palletized — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
  • palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
  • panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
  • panellized — made in sections for quick assembly
  • panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
  • paper doll — a paper or cardboard, usually two-dimensional, representation of the human figure, used as a child's toy.
  • paper gold — special drawing rights.
  • papillated — having papillae
  • paradiddle — an exercise or sequence performed typically on the snare drum, marked by four basic beats with alternation of the right hand and left hand on successive strong beats, and begun and ended slowly with a dramatic increase in tempo in the middle.
  • paraglider — Also called parawing. a steerable glider with inflatable wings proposed for use as an emergency vehicle for travel between a space station and the earth or for the recovery of rocket boosters.
  • paralleled — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
  • 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?
  • pareidolia — the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
  • paso doble — a quick, light march often played at bullfights.
  • paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
  • pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
  • peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
  • pebbledash — to cover with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
  • peccadillo — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
  • pedal boat — a recreational water vehicle, consisting of two pontoons with a transverse seat and propelled by a pedal-operated paddle wheel.
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