10-letter words containing l, d, a, p
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
- pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
- perdurable — very durable; permanent; imperishable.
- peridental — periodontal.
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- phalloidin — a peptide toxin, responsible for the toxicity of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- piccadilly — one of the main streets of London, running from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner
- pig island — New Zealand
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- pileolated — pileated.
- pin-tailed — having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
- pinacoidal — belonging or relating to a pinacoid
- pindo palm — a feather palm, Butia capitata, of Brazil, having long, arching leaves, grayish beneath, and small, egg-shaped fruit.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- pixellated — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- place card — a small card with the name of a guest on it, placed on the table, to indicate where he or she is to sit.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plain-laid — noting a rope laid right-handed with three left-handed strands, without a heart; hawser-laid.
- plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- plant food — nourishment, as fertilizer or chemicals, for plants.
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plastidial — relating to a plastid
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- platinated — to platinize.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- play dirty — use unfair or dishonest tactics
- played out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- playleader — a person who leads or assists with organized children's play
- playreader — a person who reads and evaluates plays, as for a publisher, producer, or theatrical company.
- pleadingly — the act of a person who pleads.
- please god — You say please God to emphasize a strong hope, wish, or desire that you have.
- pledgeable — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- ploughhead — the draught iron of a plough
- ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- polar body — one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
- polka dots — Polka dots are very small spots printed on a piece of cloth.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polydactyl — having many or several digits.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.