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10-letter words containing p, o, n, d, l

  • open-field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
  • oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
  • paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
  • palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
  • pardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
  • penal code — the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
  • pendelikon — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens: noted for its fine marble. 3640 feet (1110 meters).
  • pentaploid — having a chromosome number that is five times the haploid number.
  • phalloidin — a peptide toxin, responsible for the toxicity of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides
  • phenol red — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
  • phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
  • pinacoidal — belonging or relating to a pinacoid
  • pindo palm — a feather palm, Butia capitata, of Brazil, having long, arching leaves, grayish beneath, and small, egg-shaped fruit.
  • ping-flood — (networking)   To flood another user with ping requests.
  • pink floyd — British rock group, formed in 1966: originally comprised Syd Barrett (1946–2006), Roger Waters (born 1944), Rick Wright (1945–2008), and Nick Mason (born 1945); Barrett was replaced by Dave Gilmour (born 1944) in 1968 and Waters left in 1986. Recordings include The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), and The Wall (1979)
  • pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
  • plant food — nourishment, as fertilizer or chemicals, for plants.
  • playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
  • pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
  • ploddingly — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
  • ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
  • plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • plunk down — to pluck (a stringed instrument or its strings); twang: to plunk a guitar.
  • polyandric — polyandrous.
  • polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
  • polyhedron — a solid figure having many faces.
  • 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.
  • ponytailed — having a ponytail
  • profoundly — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
  • solar pond — a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
  • spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
  • sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
  • splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
  • splendored — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
  • splintwood — a thin flexible wood often used for making baskets
  • spondaical — composed of spondees
  • spondylous — relating to a vertebra or vertebrae
  • telephoned — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
  • undeplored — not hopeless or lamented
  • unemployed — not employed; without a job; out of work: an unemployed secretary.
  • unexploded — having not exploded
  • unexplored — to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
  • unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
  • unpillowed — having no pillow or pillows
  • unploughed — not tilled with a plough
  • unpolicied — not politically or socially organized
  • unpolished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
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