7-letter words containing p, a, e, d
- pedagog — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pedicab — (especially in Southeast Asia) a three-wheeled public conveyance operated by pedals, typically one having a hooded cab for two passengers mounted behind the driver.
- pedlary — peddlery.
- pedocal — a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
- pedrail — a type of wheel designed for use on rough terrain, consisting of a chain around the wheel with flat discs attached to the chain
- pendant — a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
- per day — relating to an allowance for daily expenses, usually those incurred while working
- peracid — an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- pervade — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pet day — a single fine day during a period of bad weather
- petaled — one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- phaedra — the wife of Theseus who fell in love with Hippolytus, her stepson, and eventually hanged herself after causing his death.
- phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- piebald — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- pinhead — the head of a pin.
- pirated — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pithead — a mine entrance and the surrounding area.
- placode — a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
- plaided — made of plaid, or having a similar pattern.
- plaited — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- planned — arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.
- platted — a plait or braid.
- pleaded — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- pleader — a person who pleads, especially at law.
- pleased — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- pleated — fabric: in folds
- pléiade — a group of seven French poets of the 16th cent. who favored the use of classical forms
- poached — to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- podesta — any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- pondage — the water held in a reservoir
- pothead — a person who habitually smokes marijuana.
- pradesh — a state, esp a state in the Union of India
- praised — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pranced — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- pranked — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- preaged — treated to appear older, usually prior to being used or purchased
- predata — a plural of datum.
- predate — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- predawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- predial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- prefade — to play a recording before fading it for transmission
- preload — If someone preloads, they drink a lot of alcohol before they go out for a social occasion.
- premade — made in advance
- prepaid — to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan.
- pudenda — the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- raphide — any of numerous needle-shaped crystals, usually of calcium oxalate, that occur in many plant cells as a metabolic product
- rapider — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- read up — study, research
- readapt — to adapt (a person or thing) again or (of a person or thing) to adapt again