10-letter words containing p, a, d, l, e, r
- lap dancer — a scantily dressed woman who dances erotically for individual members of the audience
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leopardess — a female leopard.
- lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
- 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.
- overlapped — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overplaced — placed above
- 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.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
- panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- 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.
- paradiddle — an exercise or sequence performed typically on the snare drum, marked by four basic beats with alternation of the right hand and left hand on successive strong beats, and begun and ended slowly with a dramatic increase in tempo in the middle.
- paraglider — Also called parawing. a steerable glider with inflatable wings proposed for use as an emergency vehicle for travel between a space station and the earth or for the recovery of rocket boosters.
- paralleled — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- 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?
- pareidolia — the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
- peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- pedernales — a river in central Texas, flowing E to the Colorado river. About 105 miles (169 km) long.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- 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
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- 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.
- 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.
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
- praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
- pre-leased — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- preplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- procedural — procedural language
- proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- quadriplex — A building divided into four self-contained residences.
- quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals