0%

10-letter words containing p, d, a

  • polydipsia — excessive thirst.
  • polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
  • polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
  • pond snail — a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail (Limnaea stagnalis) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke
  • pond-apple — a tropical American, evergreen tree, Annona glabra, of the annona family, having yellowish-red flowers, grown as a grafting stock.
  • ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
  • ponderance — weight or significance
  • pontevedra — a port in NW Spain: takes its name from a 12-arched Roman bridge, the Pons Vetus. Pop: 77 993 (2003 est)
  • ponytailed — having a ponytail
  • poppethead — a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.
  • port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
  • post-dated — On a post-dated cheque, the date is a later one than the date when the cheque was actually written. You write a post-dated cheque to allow a period of time before the money is taken from your account.
  • postdebate — of or relating to the period after a debate
  • postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
  • pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
  • 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.
  • pre-leased — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
  • pre-packed — Pre-packed goods are packed or wrapped before they are sent to the shop where they are sold.
  • preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
  • prebendary — a canon or member of the clergy who is entitled to a prebend for special services at a cathedral or collegiate church.
  • predacious — predatory; rapacious.
  • predecease — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
  • predentate — of an infant whose teeth have not yet developed; occurring during or pertaining to this period of development
  • 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.
  • premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
  • preplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • prereading — of or relating to the period before reading a text, book, etc
  • press card — a card issued to journalists, certifying they work for the press, and authorizing them to attend certain events, venues, etc
  • pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
  • prestamped — stamped in advance
  • pretendant — a pretender
  • prewrapped — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
  • 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.
  • procedural — procedural language
  • proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
  • prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
  • prodromata — signs or symptoms revealing the onset of a disease
  • programmed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
  • prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?