10-letter words containing p, e, n, d
- intrepidly — In an intrepid manner; fearlessly; daringly; resolutely.
- isoprenoid — pertaining to, derived from, or similar to isoprene.
- jade plant — a succulent shrub, Crassula argentea, of the stonecrop family, native to southern Africa, having fleshy, oval leaves, often grown as a houseplant.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- keep under — to remain or cause to remain below (a surface)
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- knapsacked — Simple past tense and past participle of knapsack.
- kneecapped — Simple past tense and past participle of kneecap.
- knocked up — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- 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
- lead paint — paint containing lead
- leadplants — Plural form of leadplant.
- lemon drop — a lemon-flavored lozenge.
- limpidness — The property of being limpid, clarity.
- 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.
- lymph node — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- map legend — key to symbols on a map
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- meperidine — a narcotic compound, C 1 5 H 2 1 NO 2 , used as an analgesic and sedative.
- midshipmen — Plural form of midshipman.
- mindscapes — Plural form of mindscape.
- misplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- misprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of misprint.
- monospaced — Simple past tense and past participle of monospace.
- mont perdu — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- multipaned — having or comprising more than one pane, esp of glass
- named pipe — (operating system) A Unix pipe with a filename created using the "mknod" command. Named pipes allow unrelated processes to communicate with each other whereas the normal (un-named) kind can only be used by processes which are parent and child or siblings (forked from the same parent).
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- nerd pride — (body) The Nerd Pride movement, modeled on the Gay Pride movement, was started at MIT by Professors Gerald Sussman and Hal Abelson. Nerd pride paraphernalia includes baseball hats, buttons and - of course - pocket protectors. "My idea is to present an image to children that it is good to be intellectual, and not to care about the peer pressures to be anti-intellectual. I want every child to turn into a nerd - where that means someone who prefers studying and learning to competing for social dominance". -- Gerald Sussman, quoted by Katie Hafner, "New York Times", 1994-08-29.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- nifedipine — A synthetic compound that acts as a calcium antagonist and is used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of cardiac and circulatory disorders.
- nimodipine — A dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker originally developed for the treatment of high blood pressure and now mostly used to prevent vasospasm.
- nonexposed — not exposed
- nonplussed — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonprossed — Simple past tense and past participle of nonpros.
- nonstriped — Not striped.
- nose drops — medicinal drops applied via the nostrils
- on deposit — payable as the first instalment, as when buying on hire-purchase
- on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- open doors — the policy of admitting people of all nationalities or ethnic groups to a country upon equal terms, as for immigration.
- open field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
- open order — a troop formation for drill or basic combat training, the intervals between the individuals being greater than those in close order.