9-letter words containing p, e, d, a
- chokedamp — blackdamp
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- clapbread — a type of cake made from oatmeal
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clodpated — stupid
- coadapted — adapted to one another
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- compacted — compressed as a result of physical pressure
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- compander — a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
- companied — Simple past tense and past participle of company.
- compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.
- compendia — a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
- copulated — Simple past tense and past participle of copulate.
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- dampening — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- dassiepis — (South African English) hyraceum: The solidified urine of a dassie, used medicinally, inter-alia, for epilepsy.
- data type — type
- date palm — A date palm is a palm tree on which dates grow.
- date rape — Date rape is when a man rapes a woman whom he has met socially.
- datepalms — Plural form of datepalm.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- dead drop — a prearranged secret spot where one espionage agent leaves a message or material for another agent to pick up.
- dead spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- death cap — a poisonous woodland saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus, Amanita phalloides, differing from the edible mushroom (Agaricus) only in its white gills (pinkish-brown in Agaricus) and the presence of a volva
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- deathtrap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a deathtrap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
- debt swap — A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.
- dec alpha — (processor) A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available workstations. It is superpipelined and superscalar. In February 1996 it was clocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz.
- decamping — Present participle of decamp.
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- deep-draw — to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by pulling strip or sheet metal between suitably formed and spaced dies. Compare cup (def 22).
- deep-laid — (of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret
- deepwater — having or taking place in deep water
- deer park — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- delphinia — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- demo tape — a tape with a sample of someone's music recorded on it
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- dépanneur — (in Quebec) a convenience store
- depardieu — Gérard. born 1948, French film actor, granted Russian citizenship in 2013. His films include Jean de Florette (1986), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Green Card (1991), The Man in the Iron Mask (1997), and Tais-toi (2003)
- departeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'depart'.