10-letter words containing n, p, d
- expediment — Obsolete form of expedient.
- expediting — Present participle of expedite.
- expedition — A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.
- expendable — (of an object) Designed to be used only once and then abandoned or destroyed.
- expiditing — Present participle of expidite, a misspelling of expedite.
- explananda — Plural form of explanandum.
- expounding — Present participle of expound.
- false pond — a mirage.
- fan-shaped — shaped like a fan
- flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- floodplain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- foot-pound — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one pound when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-lb.
- found poem — a composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers, signs, or menus, and rearranging them into the form of a poem.
- french dip — a hot sandwich of roast beef, pork, or lamb, served on a crusty roll over which seasoned pan juices are poured.
- friendship — the state of being a friend; association as friends: to value a person's friendship.
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- gandhi cap — a white cap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band, worn by men in India.
- garden pea — pea1 (defs 1–3).
- gender gap — the differences between women and men, especially as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments or attitudes.
- glen plaid — a plaid pattern of muted colors or of black or gray and white, especially one in which two dark and two light stripes alternate with four dark and four light stripes, both vertically and horizontally, forming a crossing pattern of irregular checks.
- glyptodont — any edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of the Pleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bony armor.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gold point — the point at which it is equally expensive to buy, sell, export, import, or exchange gold in adjustment of foreign claims or counterclaims.
- gonopodium — the modified anal fin of a male poeciliid fish, serving as an organ of copulation.
- grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- grand prix — (sometimes lowercase) any of various major automobile races over a long, arduous course, especially an international car race held each year over the same course.
- grandpapas — Plural form of grandpapa.
- grandpappy — grandfather.
- ground pea — peanut.
- groundplot — Aeronautics. a method for obtaining the position of an aircraft by multiplying its groundspeed by its time in flight and marking off the product with respect to its starting position.
- groundprox — a device that alerts a pilot of a passenger aircraft when the altitude falls below a certain level
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- hand press — a printing press requiring hand operation.
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- hand-spray — an attachment to a shower, sink unit, etc, that is not fixed in place but can instead be moved in order to aid washing
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.
- handphones — Plural form of handphone.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- headphones — Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- hen-pecked — browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
- hesperidin — a crystallizable, bioflavinoid glycoside, C 28 H 34 O 15 , occurring in most citrus fruits, especially in the spongy envelope of oranges and lemons.