7-letter words containing d, p
- picardy — a region in N France: formerly a province.
- piccard — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, aeronaut, inventor, and deep-sea explorer: designer of bathyscaphes.
- pickled — preserved or steeped in brine or other liquid.
- piddler — to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
- piddock — any bivalve mollusk of the genus Pholas or the family Pholadidae, having long, ovate shells and burrowing in soft rock, wood, etc.
- pidgeon — Walter, 1898–1984, U.S. actor, born in Canada.
- pidog's — an ownerless half-wild dog of uncertain breeding, common in the villages and towns of India and other countries in east and south Asia.
- piebald — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- piedish — a shallow dish for baking pies
- pierced — punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design: a pendant in pierced copper.
- pig bed — a bed of sand for molding pigs into which molten metal is poured.
- pig dog — a dog bred for hunting wild pigs in the bush
- pigfeed — food for pigs
- pigweed — any goosefoot of the genus Chenopodium, especially C. album.
- piloted — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pin pad — a small keypad at a point of sale on which someone making a purchase using a credit or debit card types his or her PIN to confirm the purchase
- pinched — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- pindari — in India in the past, someone belonging to one of many irregular groups of raiding horsemen
- pindown — a now-discredited system of disciplining children used in some British children's homes during the 1980s, which included the use of physical or emotional punishments such as locking a child in a room for long periods or making a child wear just underwear
- pinfold — a pound for stray animals.
- pinguid — fat; oily.
- pinhead — the head of a pin.
- pinnoed — held or bound by the arms
- pintado — cero (def 1).
- pinweed — any of various N American plants of the genus Lechea with tiny flowers and thin straight leaves
- pirated — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pisidia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pitched — sound: of a certain pitch
- pithead — a mine entrance and the surrounding area.
- pivoted — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- placard — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- placode — a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
- placoid — platelike, as the scales or dermal investments of sharks.
- plafond — a ceiling, whether flat or arched, especially one of decorative character.
- plaided — made of plaid, or having a similar pattern.
- plaited — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- planned — arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.
- plasmid — a segment of DNA independent of the chromosomes and capable of replication, occurring in bacteria and yeast: used in recombinant DNA procedures to transfer genetic material from one cell to another.
- plastid — a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
- platted — a plait or braid.
- plaudit — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- playday — a day for relaxation or for participation in sports contests; a holiday.
- pleaded — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- pleader — a person who pleads, especially at law.
- pleased — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- pleated — fabric: in folds
- pledgee — a person to whom a pledge is made or with whom something is deposited as a pledge.
- pledger — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- pledget — a small, flat mass of lint, absorbent cotton, or the like, for use on a wound, sore, etc.
- pledgor — a person who deposits personal property as a pledge.