12-letter words containing l, d, o, p, a
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- overpedalled — relating to overpedalling
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
- palindromist — 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.
- palo cortado — a rich, dry sherry
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- papadopoulos — George, 1919–99, Greek military leader and dictator (1967–74).
- paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- parlor grand — a grand piano smaller than a concert grand but larger than a baby grand.
- parole board — panel who evaluate prisoners for release
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- petrodollars — Petrodollars are a unit of money used to calculate how much a country has earned by exporting petroleum or natural gas.
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- pilot ladder — Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- plat du jour — the special or featured dish of the day on a restaurant menu.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
- poland china — one of an American breed of black hogs having white markings.
- polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
- pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
- postal order — money order.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postdoctoral — of or relating to study or professional work undertaken after the receipt of a doctorate: postdoctoral courses.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- potato salad — potato chunks in mayonnaise
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- primordially — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.