11-letter words containing d, o, p, e, y
- hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hypermodern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- hypnopaedia — Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
- idempotency — the state of being idempotent
- in jeopardy — in danger, at risk
- lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lyophilized — Simple past tense and past participle of lyophilize.
- memory dump — (programming, operating system, jargon) (Or "core dump") A file on hard disk (traditionally called "core") containing a copy of the contents of a process's memory, produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error or signal.
- misemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy.
- oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- periodicity — the character of being periodic; the tendency to recur at regular intervals.
- phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- pioneer day — a legal holiday in Utah on July 24 to commemorate Brigham Young's founding of Salt Lake City in 1847.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
- polypeptide — a chain of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds and having a molecular weight of up to about 10,000.
- polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
- pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
- ponderingly — in a pondering manner
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- possessedly — in a possessed manner
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- premorbidly — pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
- professedly — allegedly; pretendedly: He is only professedly poor.
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- pseudoscopy — the use of a pseudoscope.
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- purportedly — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- puy de dôme — a mountain in central France. 4805 feet (1465 meters).
- puy-de-dome — a mountain in central France. 4805 feet (1465 meters).
- pyrrolidine — a colorless, water-soluble, unpleasant smelling, poisonous liquid, C 4 H 9 N, from which proline and certain alkaloids are derived, prepared by reducing pyrrole: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.