10-letter words containing l, d, o, p, a
- polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- 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
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- primordial — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- procedural — procedural language
- proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
- quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals
- quadrupole — a set of four associated positive and negative electric charges or two associated magnetic dipoles
- radio play — a play written for broadcasting on radio
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- road apple — a piece of horse manure on or at the side of a road.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- 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.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- sporadical — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporicidal — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- tidal pool — a pool of water remaining on a reef, shore platform, or beach after the tide has receded.
- toddy palm — any of several tropical Asian palms, as Caryota urens or Borassus flabellifer, yielding toddy.
- top dollar — the maximum amount being or likely to be paid: to pay top dollar for the jewelry.
- top loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the top (distinguished from front loader).
- top-loader — a washing machine with a horizontal door in its top rather than a vertical one in its front
- vapor load — A vapor load is the amount of a vapor which goes into or comes out of a stage in a distillation process.
- yellow pad — a scratch pad of yellow, lined paper.