7-letter words containing d, i, a, p
- phasmid — any insect of the order Phasmida, comprising the walking sticks and leaf insects.
- phidian — of, associated with, or following the style of Phidias, as exemplified in the Parthenon.
- phidias — c500–432? b.c, Greek sculptor.
- picador — one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- picardy — a region in N France: formerly a province.
- piccard — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, aeronaut, inventor, and deep-sea explorer: designer of bathyscaphes.
- piebald — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- pin pad — a small keypad at a point of sale on which someone making a purchase using a credit or debit card types his or her PIN to confirm the purchase
- pindari — in India in the past, someone belonging to one of many irregular groups of raiding horsemen
- pinhead — the head of a pin.
- pintado — cero (def 1).
- pirated — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pisidia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pithead — a mine entrance and the surrounding area.
- placoid — platelike, as the scales or dermal investments of sharks.
- plaided — made of plaid, or having a similar pattern.
- plaited — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plasmid — a segment of DNA independent of the chromosomes and capable of replication, occurring in bacteria and yeast: used in recombinant DNA procedures to transfer genetic material from one cell to another.
- plastid — a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
- plaudit — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- pléiade — a group of seven French poets of the 16th cent. who favored the use of classical forms
- podalic — pertaining to the feet.
- poniard — a small, slender dagger.
- praised — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- predial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- prepaid — to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan.
- pridian — relating to yesterday
- privado — a close friend
- pyralid — any of numerous slender-bodied moths of the family Pyralidae, having elongated triangular forewings, and in the larval phase including many crop pests.
- pyramid — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- pythiad — the four-year period between two celebrations of the Pythian Games.
- raphide — any of numerous needle-shaped crystals, usually of calcium oxalate, that occur in many plant cells as a metabolic product
- rapidan — a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.
- rapider — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- rapidly — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- sandpit — a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- skidpan — an area made slippery so that vehicle drivers can practise controlling skids
- spading — a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- sparoid — resembling or pertaining to the porgy family, Sparidae.
- taliped — (of a foot) twisted or distorted out of shape or position.
- taxpaid — salaried or paid for by taxes: taxpaid teachers; taxpaid highways.
- udaipur — a city in S Rajasthan, in NW India.
- upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.