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10-letter words containing d, o, p, a

  • polar body — one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
  • polka dots — Polka dots are very small spots printed on a piece of cloth.
  • polyandric — polyandrous.
  • polydactyl — having many or several digits.
  • polydipsia — excessive thirst.
  • polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
  • polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
  • pond snail — a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail (Limnaea stagnalis) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke
  • pond-apple — a tropical American, evergreen tree, Annona glabra, of the annona family, having yellowish-red flowers, grown as a grafting stock.
  • ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
  • ponderance — weight or significance
  • pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
  • ponytailed — having a ponytail
  • poppethead — a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.
  • port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
  • post-dated — On a post-dated cheque, the date is a later one than the date when the cheque was actually written. You write a post-dated cheque to allow a period of time before the money is taken from your account.
  • postdebate — of or relating to the period after a debate
  • postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
  • pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
  • predacious — predatory; rapacious.
  • predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
  • preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
  • pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
  • primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
  • prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
  • pro-indian — Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
  • procedural — procedural language
  • proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
  • prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
  • prodromata — signs or symptoms revealing the onset of a disease
  • programmed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
  • prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide
  • pronograde — walking with the body parallel to the ground
  • propaganda — information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
  • propagated — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
  • proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
  • prose edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
  • prostrated — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
  • protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
  • providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
  • psalmodize — to sing psalms
  • pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
  • pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
  • pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
  • pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
  • pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
  • pteranodon — a flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having a wingspread of about 25 feet (8 meters).
  • punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
  • pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.
  • pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
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