10-letter words containing d, e, n, p
- pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
- perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- peridental — periodontal.
- peridinian — a member of the genus Peridinium
- peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personhood — the state or fact of being a person.
- petitioned — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- pettedness — the condition of being petulant
- phagedaena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phagedenic — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phenol red — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- pickedness — sharpness or the state of being pointed
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- pidginized — to develop (a language) into a pidgin.
- pin-tailed — having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
- pinguitude — fatness
- pinnatiped — having lobate feet.
- pinnigrade — moving by means of finlike parts or flippers, as the seals and walruses.
- pinstriped — (of a fabric or garment) having a pattern of pin stripes.
- pint-sized — If you describe someone or something as pint-sized, you think they are smaller than is normal or smaller than they should be.
- piperidine — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 5 H 1 1 N, obtained from the alkaloid piperine or from pyridine: used chiefly as a solvent.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- platinated — to platinize.
- pleadingly — the act of a person who pleads.
- plentitude — abundance or fullness
- pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plugged in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plugged-in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- plunderers — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pod person — a person who behaves in a strange esp mechanical way, as if not fully human
- polyhedron — a solid figure having many faces.
- pond-apple — a tropical American, evergreen tree, Annona glabra, of the annona family, having yellowish-red flowers, grown as a grafting stock.
- ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- ponderment — the act of pondering
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.