10-letter words containing p, d, a
- knapsacked — Simple past tense and past participle of knapsack.
- kneecapped — Simple past tense and past participle of kneecap.
- lady apple — a small, yellow apple with a red blush, grown as a specialty variety, and used for eating and in commercial canning.
- lagered-up — intoxicated, esp after drinking lager
- laid paper — paper with fine parallel and cross lines produced in manufacturing.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampadaire — a pedestal of the Empire period for a lamp or candelabrum.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
- landscaped — Simple past tense and past participle of landscape.
- landscaper — a gardener who does landscape gardening.
- landscapes — Plural form of landscape.
- lap dancer — a scantily dressed woman who dances erotically for individual members of the audience
- lapidarian — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapidation — to pelt with stones.
- lapidified — Simple past tense and past participle of lapidify.
- lapidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidify.
- 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
- lead up to — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leadplants — Plural form of leadplant.
- leopardess — a female leopard.
- lespedezas — Plural form of lespedeza.
- lipidaemia — Alternative form of lipidemia.
- 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.
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- loud pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- lymphedema — the accumulation of lymph in soft tissue with accompanying swelling, often of the extremities: sometimes caused by inflammation, obstruction, or removal of lymph channels.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- madrepores — Plural form of madrepore.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- maladapted — poorly suited or adapted to a particular condition or set of circumstances: maladapted to the demands of modern society.
- map legend — key to symbols on a map
- maxilliped — one member of the three pairs of appendages situated immediately behind the maxillae of crustaceans.
- mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
- medal play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the strokes taken to complete the round.
- media hype — intensive or exaggerated publicity in the mass media
- mediascape — Communications media as a whole.
- mediaspeak — The jargon used by the media.
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- 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).