9-letter words containing t, o, p, d
- downswept — curved downwards
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drop girt — a girt running beneath the ends of joists and at right angles to them.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- drop shot — (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball or shuttlecock so softly hit that it falls to the playing surface just after clearing the net.
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- drop-outs — 1. A variety of "power glitch" (see glitch); momentary zero voltage on the electrical mains. 2. Missing characters in typed input due to software malfunction or system overload (one cause of such behaviour under Unix when a bad connection to a modem swamps the processor with spurious character interrupts; see screaming tty). 3. Mental glitches; used as a way of describing those occasions when the mind just seems to shut down for a couple of beats. See glitch, fried.
- dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- dropstone — an old name for stalactites
- dropworts — Plural form of dropwort.
- dry point — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- duplation — multiplication by two; doubling.
- dustproof — impervious to or free of dust.
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopias — Plural form of dystopia.
- dystrophy — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- end point — extremity
- endophyte — A plant, especially a fungus, that lives inside another plant.
- endoproct — entoproct
- endpoints — Plural form of endpoint.
- epidosite — a rock formed of quartz and epidote
- etoposide — (medicine) A derivative of podophyllotoxin that is used in the treatment of some cancers by inhibiting mitosis.
- exopodite — the outermost of the two projections on the hind legs of certain crustaceans
- expeditor — Alternative spelling of expediter.
- exploited — Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
- fat depot — adipose tissue.
- foot drop — extension of the foot caused by paralysis of the flexor muscles of the leg.
- foot-drop — extension of the foot caused by paralysis of the flexor muscles of the leg.
- gastropod — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- herpetoid — reptilian, reptiliform
- heteropod — any marine invertebrate with a foot or feet adapted for swimming
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- hypnodiet — a diet involving the use of hypnosis to change one's attitude to food
- hypnotoid — resembling or similar to hypnosis
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- idiotypic — the molecular arrangement of amino acids unique to the antigen-binding site of a particular antibody.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- lophodont — having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.
- midpoints — Plural form of midpoint.
- nonposted — Not having been posted (in various senses).
- notopodia — Plural form of notopodium.
- octaploid — an organism that consists of eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- octapodic — (in poetic metre) having or consisting of eight feet
- octoploid — (genetics) having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.