10-letter words containing p, a, d, y
- empire day — a former holiday celebrated in the British Empire on May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday
- ependymoma — (medicine) A tumour of the central nervous system.
- epididymal — Of, in or pertaining to the epididymis, the tube in male mammals which connects the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens.
- grandpappy — grandfather.
- 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
- 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
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- hazard pay — danger money
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hydrograph — a graph of the water level or rate of flow of a body of water as a function of time, showing the seasonal change.
- hydropathy — the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- hypermedia — hypertext
- hyphenated — of or relating to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined; connected by a hyphen.
- hyphopodia — (in a fungus) a specialized hyphal branch, composed of one or two usually lobed cells, serving for attachment and for the absorption of food.
- hypnodrama — the acting out of a traumatic experience, under hypnosis, by a person undergoing psychotherapy.
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypoadenia — a deficiency of glandular activity.
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- ideal type — a construct abstracted from experience in which individual elements are combined to form a whole that is conceptually independent of empirical factors or variables, but against which particular examples of the appropriate class found in life can be measured.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- lady apple — a small, yellow apple with a red blush, grown as a specialty variety, and used for eating and in commercial canning.
- lymphedema — the accumulation of lymph in soft tissue with accompanying swelling, often of the extremities: sometimes caused by inflammation, obstruction, or removal of lymph channels.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- medal play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the strokes taken to complete the round.
- media hype — intensive or exaggerated publicity in the mass media
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- paddy last — the last person in a race or competition
- paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- paddywhack — Informal. a spanking.
- pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
- panty raid — a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies.
- party food — food that is served at parties; snacks
- party mood — a celebratory mood; readiness for a party
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- 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.
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- piccadilly — one of the main streets of London, running from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner
- plauditory — approving or laudatory