10-letter words containing p, a, r, d, i
- parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- parodistic — parodic.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- patio door — Patio doors are glass doors that lead onto a patio.
- patricidal — the act of killing one's own father.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pediatrist — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pericardia — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- peridental — periodontal.
- peridinian — a member of the genus Peridinium
- 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 .
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- pinnigrade — moving by means of finlike parts or flippers, as the seals and walruses.
- pipe dream — unattainable wish
- pipe-dream — to indulge in pipe dreams; fantasize.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- play dirty — use unfair or dishonest tactics
- podiatrist — a person qualified to diagnose and treat foot disorders.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
- pranidhana — (in Mahayana Buddhism) the resolution not to enter nirvana until all beings are ready to enter.
- 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.
- preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- 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.
- prereading — of or relating to the period before reading a text, book, etc
- primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- 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
- pro-indian — Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.