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10-letter words containing p, a, n, d

  • lapidarian — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
  • lapidation — to pelt with stones.
  • launch pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
  • lead paint — paint containing lead
  • leadplants — Plural form of leadplant.
  • lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
  • lisp-linda — P. Dourish, U Edinburgh 1988.
  • map legend — key to symbols on a map
  • mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
  • megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
  • midshipman — a student, as at the U.S. Naval Academy, in training for commission as ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Compare cadet (def 2).
  • mindscapes — Plural form of mindscape.
  • misplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • monopodial — (botany) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birch twig or a cornstalk.
  • monospaced — Simple past tense and past participle of monospace.
  • mudcapping — the process or act of blasting a rock surface with explosives
  • multipaned — having or comprising more than one pane, esp of glass
  • named pipe — (operating system)   A Unix pipe with a filename created using the "mknod" command. Named pipes allow unrelated processes to communicate with each other whereas the normal (un-named) kind can only be used by processes which are parent and child or siblings (forked from the same parent).
  • nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
  • neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
  • on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
  • open-faced — having a frank or ingenuous face.
  • openhanded — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
  • oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
  • orphanhood — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
  • overexpand — to expand excessively
  • paddington — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Westminster.
  • paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
  • palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
  • pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
  • pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
  • pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
  • pandurated — fiddle-shaped
  • panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
  • panellized — made in sections for quick assembly
  • panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
  • panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
  • pantomimed — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • pantrymaid — a domestic maid whose duties concern the pantry
  • pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
  • panty raid — a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies.
  • papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
  • paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
  • paradisean — of the genus Paradisaea (birds of paradise)
  • pardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
  • pared-down — If you describe something as pared-down, you mean that it has no unnecessary features, and has been reduced to a very simple form.
  • parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
  • parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
  • pasquinade — a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
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