11-letter words containing a, r, p, d
- paper round — job delivering newspapers
- paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- pappardelle — flat pasta cut in wide strips.
- parade rest — a position assumed by a soldier or sailor in which the feet are 12 inches (30.48 cm) apart, the hands are clasped behind the back, and the head is held motionless and facing forward.
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paraffinoid — resembling a paraffin.
- paragliding — a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
- parallelled — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- parascender — a person who takes part in parascending
- parasuicide — the deliberate infliction of injury on oneself or the taking of a drug overdose as an attempt at suicide which may not be intended to be successful
- parathyroid — situated near the thyroid gland.
- paratyphoid — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- parenticide — a person who kills one or both of his or her parents.
- paris daisy — marguerite (def 1).
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parodontium — periodontium.
- parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
- parson bird — tui.
- partialized — to bias.
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- pass around — distribute, circulate
- pass degree — (in English universities) an ordinary bachelor's degree conferred without honors.
- pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pate tendre — soft paste.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- peak period — the busiest or most popular time
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.
- pearl diver — a person who dives for pearl oysters or other pearl-bearing mollusks.
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pedal power — use of a cycle
- pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- pericardiac — of or relating to the pericardium.
- pericardial — of or relating to the pericardium.
- pericardium — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
- period pain — Period pain is the pain that some women have when they have a monthly period.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- periodontia — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.