10-letter words containing p, a, e, d, o
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- paso doble — a quick, light march often played at bullfights.
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- peace dove — dove1 (def 5).
- peccadillo — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- pedal boat — a recreational water vehicle, consisting of two pontoons with a transverse seat and propelled by a pedal-operated paddle wheel.
- pedodontia — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
- pedophilia — sexual desire in an adult for a child.
- penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
- pentapodic — (of a poetic line or verse) having five metrical feet
- perforated — perforated.
- 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.
- 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.
- pescadores — (used with a plural verb) Penghu.
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- pileolated — pileated.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- played out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- please god — You say please God to emphasize a strong hope, wish, or desire that you have.
- ploughhead — the draught iron of a plough
- pockmarked — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- pond-apple — a tropical American, evergreen tree, Annona glabra, of the annona family, having yellowish-red flowers, grown as a grafting stock.
- ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
- ponderance — weight or significance
- pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- poppethead — a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.
- post-dated — On a post-dated cheque, the date is a later one than the date when the cheque was actually written. You write a post-dated cheque to allow a period of time before the money is taken from your account.
- postdebate — of or relating to the period after a debate
- postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
- 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.
- programmed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.