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10-letter words containing n, p, d

  • nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
  • nerd pride — (body)   The Nerd Pride movement, modeled on the Gay Pride movement, was started at MIT by Professors Gerald Sussman and Hal Abelson. Nerd pride paraphernalia includes baseball hats, buttons and - of course - pocket protectors. "My idea is to present an image to children that it is good to be intellectual, and not to care about the peer pressures to be anti-intellectual. I want every child to turn into a nerd - where that means someone who prefers studying and learning to competing for social dominance". -- Gerald Sussman, quoted by Katie Hafner, "New York Times", 1994-08-29.
  • neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
  • nifedipine — A synthetic compound that acts as a calcium antagonist and is used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of cardiac and circulatory disorders.
  • nimodipine — A dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker originally developed for the treatment of high blood pressure and now mostly used to prevent vasospasm.
  • nonexposed — not exposed
  • nonplussed — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
  • nonprossed — Simple past tense and past participle of nonpros.
  • nonstriped — Not striped.
  • nose drops — medicinal drops applied via the nostrils
  • notopodium — (zoology) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium.
  • on deposit — payable as the first instalment, as when buying on hire-purchase
  • on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
  • open doors — the policy of admitting people of all nationalities or ethnic groups to a country upon equal terms, as for immigration.
  • open field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
  • open order — a troop formation for drill or basic combat training, the intervals between the individuals being greater than those in close order.
  • open wound — injury in which skin is broken
  • open-ended — not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad: an open-ended discussion.
  • open-faced — having a frank or ingenuous face.
  • open-field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
  • open-sided — having a side or sides open.
  • openhanded — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
  • openminded — Alternative spelling of open-minded.
  • ornithopod — any herbivorous dinosaur of the suborder Ornithopoda whose members usually walked erect on their hind legs.
  • oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
  • orphanhood — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
  • outpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of outpoint.
  • overexpand — to expand excessively
  • paddington — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Westminster.
  • paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
  • 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.
  • pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
  • pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
  • pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
  • pandurated — fiddle-shaped
  • panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
  • panellized — made in sections for quick assembly
  • panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
  • panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
  • pantomimed — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
  • pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
  • panty raid — a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies.
  • papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
  • paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
  • paradisean — of the genus Paradisaea (birds of paradise)
  • 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.
  • parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
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