10-letter words containing d, r, o, p
- 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.
- pdc prolog — Prolog Development Centre Prolog. A Prolog evolved from Turbo Prolog by the original authors.
- peckerwood — Midland and Southern U.S. woodpecker.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pepperwood — California laurel (def 1).
- perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perforated — perforated.
- peridotite — a coarsely granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine with an admixture of various other minerals.
- 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.
- peroxidize — to (cause to) become a 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.
- personhood — the state or fact of being a person.
- pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.
- petrodrome — an African elephant shrew
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- phelloderm — a layer of parenchyma produced inwardly by the cork cambium; an inner secondary cortex of the cork cambium.
- phenol red — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- photodrama — photoplay.
- 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.
- piston rod — a rod communicating the rectilinear motion of a piston to the small end of a connecting rod or elsewhere.
- 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.
- pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.