9-letter words containing l, d, o, p, a
- pelopidas — died 364 b.c, Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
- pholidota — the order comprising the pangolins.
- picadillo — a traditional Latin American and Spanish dish of ground meat, onions, tomatoes, raisins, olives, and spices.
- pilonidal — noting or pertaining to a growth of hair in a dermoid cyst or in the deeper layers of the skin.
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- planeload — the amount of people or cargo an airplane can carry.
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- planuloid — relating to a planula
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- platinoid — resembling platinum: the platinoid elements.
- play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- pole-axed — If someone is pole-axed, they are so surprised or shocked that they do not know what to say or do.
- polka dot — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- pondoland — an area in SE central South Africa: inhabited chiefly by the Pondo people
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portalled — a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- prodromal — a premonitory symptom.
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
- scalloped — Scalloped objects are decorated with a series of small curves along the edges.
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- typhoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- videoplay — teleplay.
- wallopped — Simple past tense and past participle of wallop.
- wood opal — a form of petrified wood impregnated by common opal
- xiphoidal — shaped like a sword