11-letter words containing d, i, a, p
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- 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.
- 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.
- passiontide — the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
- 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.
- pathfinding — a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- peak period — the busiest or most popular time
- 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.
- pectic acid — any of several water-insoluble products of the hydrolysis of pectin esters.
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
- pedal piano — a piano having a pedal keyboard of 29 notes and connected with an action placed at the back where a special soundboard, covered with 29 strings, is built into the case.
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedanticize — to be pedantic
- pedicellate — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pedobaptist — a person who advocates or practices pedobaptism.
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pedophiliac — pedophile.
- pen and ink — A pen and ink drawing is done using a pen rather than a pencil.
- peng dehuai — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist military leader: defense minister 1954–59.
- pentagonoid — like a pentagon in shape.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- pentamidine — an antiprotozoal substance, C 1 9 H 2 4 N 4 O 2 , used in the treatment of leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, and pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii.
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentlandite — a mineral, sulfide of nickel, occurring in the form of bronze-colored granular aggregates, found with pyrrhotite: the principal source of nickel.
- 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.