10-letter words containing d, r, o, p, a
- 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.
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- photodrama — photoplay.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- 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.
- polar body — one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- 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.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
- primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- pro-indian — Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- procedural — procedural language
- proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- prodromata — signs or symptoms revealing the onset of a disease
- programmed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.