10-letter words containing d, o, r, a
- overdrawer — a person who overdraws something, especially a bank account.
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- overgrazed — to graze (land) to excess.
- overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
- overheated — Someone who is overheated is very angry about something.
- overlapped — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overloaded — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
- overmanned — overstaffed
- overparted — (of a performer) having been cast in a role that is beyond his or her abilities
- overplaced — placed above
- overscaled — on an excessive scale
- overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- overstated — If an account or a figure on an account is overstated, the amount that is reported on the financial statement is more than it should be.
- overwarmed — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- paedotribe — (in ancient Greece) a gymnastics teacher
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
- papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
- paper doll — a paper or cardboard, usually two-dimensional, representation of the human figure, used as a child's toy.
- paper gold — special drawing rights.
- paperboard — a thick, stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together.
- paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- paraboloid — a surface that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to at least one coordinate plane are parabolas.
- paradoctor — a doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas.
- paradoxure — any of a number of palm civet species
- parapodial — of, relating to, or resembling a parapodium
- parapodium — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
- parasitoid — an organism that practices parasitoidism.
- pardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- pared-down — If you describe something as pared-down, you mean that it has no unnecessary features, and has been reduced to a very simple form.
- pareidolia — the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- parlormaid — a maid who takes care of a parlor, answers the door, waits on guests, etc.
- parodistic — parodic.
- party food — food that is served at parties; snacks
- party mood — a celebratory mood; readiness for a party
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- patch cord — a short cord with a plug at each end, or a plug at one end and a pair of clips at the other, used for temporarily connecting two pieces of equipment or signal paths.
- patchboard — a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc
- patio door — Patio doors are glass doors that lead onto a patio.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- perforated — perforated.
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- peroxidase — any of a class of oxidoreductase enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or an organic peroxide.
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.