10-letter words containing o, p, e, d, a
- jeopardize — to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- juxtaposed — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
- lead up to — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- leopardess — a female leopard.
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- loud pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- madrepores — Plural form of madrepore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- monospaced — Simple past tense and past participle of monospace.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- op-ed page — a newspaper page devoted to signed articles by commentators, essayists, humorists, etc., of varying viewpoints: the Op-Ed of today's New York Times.
- open-faced — having a frank or ingenuous face.
- openhanded — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
- 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.
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- overlapped — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overparted — (of a performer) having been cast in a role that is beyond his or her abilities
- overplaced — placed above
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- packed out — If a place is packed out, it is very full of people.
- paddle box — a structure enclosing a paddle wheel.
- paddleboat — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel.
- paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- paedophile — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- paedotribe — (in ancient Greece) a gymnastics teacher
- 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.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
- pantomimed — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
- 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.
- paradoxure — any of a number of palm civet species
- 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