10-letter words containing d, o, p
- ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plunk down — to pluck (a stringed instrument or its strings); twang: to plunk a guitar.
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- pod person — a person who behaves in a strange esp mechanical way, as if not fully human
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- podologist — a person who studies or specializes in podology
- podosphere — the world's podcasters and their audience, viewed collectively
- point duty — the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
- poisonwood — a tree, Metopium toxiferum, of southern Florida, that has compound leaves and yellowish, berrylike fruits and is poisonous to touch.
- poker dice — (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.
- polar body — one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
- police dog — a dog trained to assist the police.
- polka dots — Polka dots are very small spots printed on a piece of cloth.
- pollutedly — in a polluted manner
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polydactyl — having many or several digits.
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.
- polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
- polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhedron — a solid figure having many faces.
- polyhybrid — a heterozygous hybrid
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- polyploidy — having a chromosome number that is more than double the basic or haploid number.
- 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
- ponderment — the act of pondering
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- pontypridd — an industrial town in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 29 781 (2001)
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- poppethead — a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.
- poppy seed — seed of the poppy plant, used as an ingredient or topping for breads, rolls, cakes, and cookies.
- porphyroid — a rock resembling porphyry.
- port moody — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver, on an inlet of the Strait of Georgia.
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- 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.
- postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- pot-holder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
- potbellied — Someone, usually a man, who is potbellied has a potbelly.