11-letter words containing l, d, o, p, a
- lipoic acid — sulphur-containing fatty acid
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- model plane — a small-scale model of an aircraft, which may or may not be able to fly
- mpls domain — (networking) A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
- nasal drops — Nasal drops are medicine that you put directly in your nose one drop at a time.
- nodal point — either of two points on the axis of a lens or other optical system, determined by extending an incident oblique ray and the corresponding refracted ray to the axis for the pair of rays that are parallel outside the optical system.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- orland park — a town in NE Illinois.
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- overplanned — resulting from overplanning
- paddle boat — small boat with pedals
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- paddleboard — a type of surfboard with one end rounded and the other tapered to a point, used chiefly in surfing and often in lifesaving.
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- palindromic — 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.
- pantalooned — wearing pantaloons
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- payday loan — A payday loan is a small personal cash loan at a very high interest rate, secured by the borrower's next paycheck.
- payload bay — cargo bay.
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedal piano — a piano having a pedal keyboard of 29 notes and connected with an action placed at the back where a special soundboard, covered with 29 strings, is built into the case.
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pedal power — use of a cycle
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pedophiliac — pedophile.
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- personal ad — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- petrodollar — profits made from oil exports
- phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
- pina colada — a tall mixed drink of rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and ice usually frappéed in a blender.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- plasmodesma — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- polkadotted — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
- polling day — date of election voting
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polydactyly — the condition of being polydactyl.