7-letter words containing d, p
- prosody — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- prossed — to exhibit pride or haughtiness; put on airs.
- proteid — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protend — to stretch forth.
- prouder — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proudly — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- provand — food; provisions
- provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- prowled — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- prudent — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- prudery — excessive propriety or modesty in speech, conduct, etc.
- prudish — excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- pryderi — the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon who was stolen by Gwawl shortly after his birth and was restored to his parents a few years later.
- pseudo- — false, fake
- psyched — psych1 .
- psyllid — jumping plant louse.
- pudding — a thick, soft dessert, typically containing flour or some other thickener, milk, eggs, a flavoring, and sweetener: tapioca pudding.
- pudency — modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness.
- pudenda — the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.
- punched — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- purpled — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- pursued — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- pushrod — a rod in an overhead-valve engine that is part of the linkage used to open and close the valves.
- puzzled — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- pye-dog — an ownerless half-wild dog of uncertain breeding, common in the villages and towns of India and other countries in east and south Asia.
- pygmoid — a pygmy
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- pyralid — any of numerous slender-bodied moths of the family Pyralidae, having elongated triangular forewings, and in the larval phase including many crop pests.
- pyramid — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- pyridic — relating to pyridine
- pythiad — the four-year period between two celebrations of the Pythian Games.
- pyxides — Greek and Roman Antiquity. a box of a usually cylindrical shape having a lid with a knob in the center, used for toilet articles.
- quipped — a clever or witty remark or comment.
- r&d — R&D refers to the research and development work or department within a large company or organization. R&D is an abbreviation for 'Research and Development'.
- raphide — any of numerous needle-shaped crystals, usually of calcium oxalate, that occur in many plant cells as a metabolic product
- rapidan — a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.
- rapider — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- rapidly — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- read up — study, research
- readapt — to adapt (a person or thing) again or (of a person or thing) to adapt again
- readopt — to adopt (a person, procedure, law, etc) again
- red-top — a tabloid newspaper characterized by sensationalism
- redpoll — either of two small fringilline birds, Carduelis flammea or C. hornemanni, of northern North America and Eurasia, the adults of which have a crimson crown patch.
- remiped — having feet adapted for use as oars.
- replead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- replied — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
- reposed — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- reputed — reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.
- respade — to dig over; dig up or work (ground etc) with a spade again
- respond — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.