11-letter words containing d, i, a, p
- lipoic acid — sulphur-containing fatty acid
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- maiden pink — a turf-forming plant, Dianthus deltoides , found from western Europe to eastern Asia, having red or pink flowers.
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- map-reading — the act or skill of interpreting the significance of a geographical map
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- media group — an association of companies involved with the means of mass communication
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- mishappened — Simple past tense and past participle of mishappen.
- mispersuade — to persuade wrongly
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- mpls domain — (networking) A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
- nodal point — either of two points on the axis of a lens or other optical system, determined by extending an incident oblique ray and the corresponding refracted ray to the axis for the pair of rays that are parallel outside the optical system.
- nonadaptive — serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.
- nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
- numeric pad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- octapeptide — An oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
- odd-pinnate — pinnate with an odd terminal leaflet.
- odynophagia — Severe pain in mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- open dating — the practice of putting a freshness date on food packages.
- ophidiarium — an enclosure for snakes, adapted to their normal living conditions
- opinionated — obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paddy field — a flooded piece of land used for growing rice
- paediatrics — Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.
- paedodontic — of or relating to paedodontics
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- page design — the way a page is organized and presented
- painted cup — any of several semiparasitic plants of the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, having highly colored dilated bracts about the flowers.
- palatalized — Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.
- palindromic — 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.
- palladinize — to treat or cover (a surface) with palladium.
- pancarditis — inflammation of the entire heart: the pericardium, myocardium, and endocardium.
- pandemonian — a noisy and disorderly person
- pandemonium — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- panhandling — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- 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.
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process