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10-letter words containing o, d, p, r, i

  • 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 .
  • 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
  • podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
  • poker dice — (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.
  • polyandric — polyandrous.
  • polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
  • polyhybrid — a heterozygous hybrid
  • polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
  • pontypridd — an industrial town in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 29 781 (2001)
  • porphyroid — a rock resembling porphyry.
  • portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
  • posturized — to posture; pose.
  • powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
  • power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
  • power grid — A power grid is a network of power lines and associated equipment used to transmit and distribute electricity over a geographic area.
  • power-dive — a dive, especially a steep dive, by an aircraft in which the engine or engines are delivering thrust at or near full power.
  • preconized — to proclaim or commend publicly.
  • predacious — predatory; rapacious.
  • predeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
  • predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
  • prediction — an act of predicting.
  • predictory — predictive.
  • predispose — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
  • prednisone — an analogue of cortisone, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 5 , used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antineoplastic in the treatment of various diseases.
  • preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
  • prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
  • preimposed — imposed beforehand
  • preludious — characteristic of a prelude
  • priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
  • primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
  • primordium — the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
  • princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
  • princehood — the office or rank of a prince
  • 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.
  • probenecid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 1 3 H 1 9 NO 4 S, used chiefly in the treatment of gout.
  • proceeding — proceeds. something that results or accrues. the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction: The proceeds from the deal were divided equally among us. the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
  • procercoid — an elongate larval stage of some tapeworms that usually develops in the body of a freshwater copepod.
  • process id — process identifier
  • procidence — a prolapse
  • prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
  • prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
  • producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
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