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.