10-letter words containing d, r, i, p, l
- laid paper — paper with fine parallel and cross lines produced in manufacturing.
- lampadaire — a pedestal of the Empire period for a lamp or candelabrum.
- lapidarian — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
- old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
- pack drill — a military punishment by which the offender is made to march about carrying a full pack of equipment
- 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.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- paraboloid — a surface that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to at least one coordinate plane are parabolas.
- paradiddle — an exercise or sequence performed typically on the snare drum, marked by four basic beats with alternation of the right hand and left hand on successive strong beats, and begun and ended slowly with a dramatic increase in tempo in the middle.
- paraglider — Also called parawing. a steerable glider with inflatable wings proposed for use as an emergency vehicle for travel between a space station and the earth or for the recovery of rocket boosters.
- parapodial — of, relating to, or resembling a parapodium
- pareidolia — the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
- parlormaid — a maid who takes care of a parlor, answers the door, waits on guests, etc.
- patricidal — the act of killing one's own father.
- peridental — periodontal.
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- pilot bird — a warbler of forest floors in SE Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus, named from its alleged habit of accompanying the superb lyrebird
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- play dirty — use unfair or dishonest tactics
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhybrid — a heterozygous hybrid
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- pridefully — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- principled — imbued with or having moral principles (often used in combination): high-principled.
- privileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- proglottid — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide