10-letter words containing l, d, o, p
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- hydrophile — (chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydropolyp — an individual animal in a colony of hydroids
- hyperploid — having a chromosome number that is greater than but not a multiple of the diploid number.
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- indophenol — a quinonimine derivative that is the parent substance of the blue and green indophenol dyes.
- interloped — Simple past tense and past participle of interlope.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
- lapidation — to pelt with stones.
- lead up to — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lemon drop — a lemon-flavored lozenge.
- leopardess — a female leopard.
- leopold ii — 1747–92, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1790–92 (son of Francis I; brother of Joseph II and Marie Antoinette).
- lepidolite — a mineral of the mica group, potassium lithium aluminum silicate, commonly occurring in lilac, rose-colored, or whitish scaly masses: an ore of lithium.
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- loud pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- lymph node — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- misdevelop — to develop in a faulty or abnormal manner
- mixoploidy — an organism having an unequal number of chromosome sets in adjacent cells or tissues.
- modula-3pi — Machine-independent intermediate language for compilation of Modula-3*. "Modula-3pi Language Definition", E.A. Heinz, TR, U Karlsruhe 1993.
- monopodial — (botany) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birch twig or a cornstalk.
- nonplussed — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- octoploids — Plural form of octoploid.
- old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
- open field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
- open-field — any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
- ophicleide — a musical wind instrument, a development of the old wooden serpent, consisting of a conical metal tube bent double.
- oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
- overlapped — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overplaced — placed above
- paddle box — a structure enclosing a paddle wheel.
- paddleboat — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel.
- paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- paedophile — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- palindrome — 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.
- palmcorder — A palmcorder is a small video camera that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
- panelboard — a compact pressboard for use in constructing sides of cabinets, paneling for walls, and in other nonstructural applications.