9-letter words containing p, a, r, d, o
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- preordain — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
- primordia — the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
- pro-rated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- pro-trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- proctodea — parts of the anus
- prodromal — a premonitory symptom.
- programed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- progravid — progestational (def 1).
- promenade — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
- proofread — to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- road hump — speed bump that slows traffic
- road trip — journey in a car, bus, etc.
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shopboard — a shop counter or work bench
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- spodogram — the ash pattern produced by incinerating a plant
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- strappado — an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim, with arms bound behind, was raised from the ground by a rope fastened to the wrists, abruptly released, then arrested with a painful jerk just before reaching the ground.
- superroad — an extremely large road
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- tetrapody — a measure consisting of four feet.
- top-rated — A top-rated show or service is the most successful or highly regarded of its kind.
- trap door — a door flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- word wrap — a feature of word-processing systems and some electronic typewriters that automatically moves a word to a new line to avoid overrunning the margin.
- wrapround — made so as to be wrapped round something