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9-letter words containing p, i, d, o

  • purdonium — a type of coal scuttle having a slanted cover that is raised to open it, and an inner removable metal container for the coal
  • purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
  • pyodermic — relating to a skin disease characterized by the production of pus
  • 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)
  • redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
  • redispose — to rearrange; readjust
  • reptiloid — having the form or shape of a reptile
  • rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rhipidion — a fan used in Greek Orthodox church services
  • rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
  • rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
  • ridgepole — the horizontal timber or member at the top of a roof, to which the upper ends of the rafters are fastened.
  • road trip — journey in a car, bus, etc.
  • sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
  • schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
  • scopeloid — a member of a family of deep-sea fish with luminous spots
  • scorpioid — resembling a scorpion.
  • shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
  • shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
  • skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
  • slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
  • soap dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
  • soap-dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
  • spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
  • sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
  • spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
  • splodgily — in a splodgy manner
  • spondulix — money; cash.
  • sporicide — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
  • sporidesm — a multicellular group of spores
  • sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
  • sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
  • strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
  • subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
  • sympodium — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
  • syphiloid — resembling syphilis.
  • terpenoid — a class of chemical compounds including all terpenes
  • tide pool — tidal pool.
  • tidepools — tidal pool.
  • toad spit — cuckoo spit (sense 1)
  • top-sider — a casual shoe, often made of canvas, having a nonskid rubber sole
  • torpidity — inactive or sluggish.
  • trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
  • triploidy — the condition of being triploid
  • tulipwood — the wood of the tulip tree.
  • typhoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
  • typhoidin — a culture of dead typhoid bacilli used by cutaneous inoculation to detect the presence of a typhoid infection.
  • unimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
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