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10-letter words containing d, i, p, r, o

  • sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
  • springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
  • 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
  • superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
  • tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
  • 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.
  • undrooping — not drooping, not sinking down; unfaltering
  • unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
  • unimproved — not developed to full potential, as resources or the mind.
  • unpaid-for — not paid for.
  • unprofited — lacking profit or gain
  • unpromised — not engaged or promised in marriage
  • unprovided — not provided or supplied
  • video-porn — pornographic movies available on videocassette or optical disk, on the Internet, or on subscription television.
  • whip-round — When a group of people have a whip-round, money is collected from each person so that it can be used to buy something for all of them or for someone they all know.
  • wind power — power derived from wind: used to generate electricity or mechanical power.
  • worshipped — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • wrist-drop — paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand causing it to droop, due to injuries or some poisons, as lead or arsenic.
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