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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.
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