10-letter words containing d, e, p, a, r, o
- paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- paradoxure — any of a number of palm civet species
- 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.
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- 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).
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- programmed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- pronograde — walking with the body parallel to the ground
- propagated — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prose edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- prostrated — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- pteranodon — a flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having a wingspread of about 25 feet (8 meters).
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals
- quadrupole — a set of four associated positive and negative electric charges or two associated magnetic dipoles
- radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
- radiopager — a small radio receiver fitted with a buzzer to alert a person to telephone their home, office, etc, to receive a message
- radiopaque — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radiophare — a radiotelegraphic station used by vessels to determine their positions; radio beacon.
- radiophone — a radiotelephone.
- radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
- read up on — If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it.