10-letter words containing p, r, e, d, a
- 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.
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- overexpand — to expand excessively
- overlapped — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overparted — (of a performer) having been cast in a role that is beyond his or her abilities
- overplaced — placed above
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- padded bra — cushioned breast-support garment
- paderewski — Ignace [French ee-nyas] /French iˈnyas/ (Show IPA), or Ignacy Jan [Polish ig-nah-tsi yahn] /Polish ɪgˈnɑ tsɪ yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1860–1941, Polish pianist, composer, patriot, and statesman.
- paedotribe — (in ancient Greece) a gymnastics teacher
- 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.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- pandermite — a white, marble-like mineral
- pandurated — fiddle-shaped
- panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.
- panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
- paper dart — a dart made from paper, for throwing at things or people for leisure, etc
- paper doll — a paper or cardboard, usually two-dimensional, representation of the human figure, used as a child's toy.
- paper gold — special drawing rights.
- paperboard — a thick, stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together.
- paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- parade bed — a royal bed from which levees were held.
- paradiddle — an exercise or sequence performed typically on the snare drum, marked by four basic beats with alternation of the right hand and left hand on successive strong beats, and begun and ended slowly with a dramatic increase in tempo in the middle.
- paradisean — of the genus Paradisaea (birds of paradise)
- paradoxure — any of a number of palm civet species
- paraglider — Also called parawing. a steerable glider with inflatable wings proposed for use as an emergency vehicle for travel between a space station and the earth or for the recovery of rocket boosters.
- paralleled — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- 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?
- pared-down — If you describe something as pared-down, you mean that it has no unnecessary features, and has been reduced to a very simple form.
- pareidolia — the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- park ridge — a city in NE Illinois.
- parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- pasargadae — an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- pedernales — a river in central Texas, flowing E to the Colorado river. About 105 miles (169 km) long.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pediatrist — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- perdurable — very durable; permanent; imperishable.
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- perforated — perforated.