10-letter words containing d, i, o, p, t
- podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
- podologist — a person who studies or specializes in podology
- point duty — the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
- polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
- pontypridd — an industrial town in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 29 781 (2001)
- 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.
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- potbellied — Someone, usually a man, who is potbellied has a potbelly.
- predeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
- prediction — an act of predicting.
- predictory — predictive.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- proglottid — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- propertied — owning property: the propertied class.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- proteinoid — a polymer of amino acids resembling a biological polypeptide but formed abiotically: suggested as a possible intermediate in protein development during primitive earth conditions.
- protruding — to project.
- proveditor — (in the Venetian republic) a senior civilian officer in charge of supplies, provisions, and artillery for the city
- pseudosuit — /soo'doh-s[y]oot"/ A suit wannabee; a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!) suits voluntarily. It's his funeral. See also lobotomy.
- pyrethroid — any of several synthetic compounds that are similar to but more persistent than natural pyrethrins.
- radiophoto — an image created by radio waves rather than light
- readoption — the adoption of something or someone again
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- ripidolite — a mineral of the chlorite group, essentially hydrated magnesium and aluminum silicate with some ferrous iron.
- round trip — a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- spasmodist — a person who is spasmodic, especially in style, as a writer, painter, etc.
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- splintwood — a thin flexible wood often used for making baskets
- spoondrift — spindrift.
- standpoint — the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tidal pool — a pool of water remaining on a reef, shore platform, or beach after the tide has receded.
- torpedoing — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- torpedoist — a person in favour of the use of torpedoes or a person knowledgeable about torpedoes
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- tropicbird — any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.