10-letter words containing p, a, e, d
- 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.
- praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- 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.
- pre-packed — Pre-packed goods are packed or wrapped before they are sent to the shop where they are sold.
- preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
- prebendary — a canon or member of the clergy who is entitled to a prebend for special services at a cathedral or collegiate church.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- predecease — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
- predentate — of an infant whose teeth have not yet developed; occurring during or pertaining to this period of development
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- predicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
- 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.
- premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
- preplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- prereading — of or relating to the period before reading a text, book, etc
- press card — a card issued to journalists, certifying they work for the press, and authorizing them to attend certain events, venues, etc
- pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
- prestamped — stamped in advance
- pretendant — a pretender
- prewrapped — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- privatized — (of the production of goods or services) transferred from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation
- prize draw — raffle in which sth is won
- 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.
- pronograde — walking with the body parallel to the ground
- propagated — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prose edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- prostrated — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
- pteranodon — a flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having a wingspread of about 25 feet (8 meters).
- puff adder — a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.