11-letter words containing p, y, o, d
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
- dry shampoo — a product in powder or spray form that you can use to clean hair without wetting it
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.
- epicycloids — Plural form of epicycloid.
- epidemology — Misspelling of epidemiology.
- erysipeloid — an infective dermatitis mainly affecting the hands, characterized by inflammation and caused by the microorganism Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae on contaminated meat, poultry, or fish: most prevalent among fishermen and butchers
- eurypteroid — of, relating to or resembling a eurypterid or eurypterids
- export duty — a government tax paid on goods exported from a country
- floppy disc — (spelling) It's "floppy disk", not like "compact disc".
- floppy disk — Computers. a thin plastic disk coated with magnetic material, on which computer data and programs can be stored for later retrieval.
- funemployed — without a paid job but enjoying the free time: Ask one of your funemployed friends to come along with you.
- glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
- god's penny — earnest money.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- holiday pay — the salary a worker receives for days taken off work
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrography — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrophilic — having a strong affinity for water.
- hydrophobia — rabies.
- hydrophobic — of or relating to hydrophobia.
- hydrophones — Plural form of hydrophone.
- hydrophytes — Plural form of hydrophyte.
- hydrophyton — a branched plant-like structure which supports colonial animals such as zooids
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrosphere — the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere.
- hydrotropic — Biology. turning or tending in a particular direction with reference to moisture.
- hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hypermodern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- hyphopodium — (in a fungus) a specialized hyphal branch, composed of one or two usually lobed cells, serving for attachment and for the absorption of food.
- hypnopaedia — Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
- hypoacidity — acidity in a lesser degree than is usual or normal, as of the gastric juice.
- hypocycloid — a curve generated by the motion of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls internally, without slipping, on a given circle.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypodiploid — having fewer chromosomes than the diploid number
- hypodynamia — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
- hypospadias — (medicine) A birth defect of the male urethra that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus.
- hypothyroid — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
- ichthyopsid — relating to the class Ichthyopsida, which contains amphibians, fishes, and fish-like vertebrates