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84 Nouns That Contain PED

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biped (noun) an animal with two feet
bipedalism (noun) the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet
centipede (noun) chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
cirriped (noun) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces Synonyms: barnacle, cirripede
cirripede (noun) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces Synonyms: barnacle, cirriped
cyclopedia (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty Synonyms: cyclopaedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia
cypripedia (noun) a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
diapedesis (noun) passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
encyclopedia (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty Synonyms: cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia
encyclopedism (noun) profound scholarly knowledge Synonyms: encyclopaedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship
encyclopedist (noun) a person who compiles information for encyclopedias Synonyms: encyclopaedist
expedience (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view Synonyms: expediency
(noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others Synonyms: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking
expediency (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view Synonyms: expedience
expedient (noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
expedition (noun) a journey organized for a particular purpose
(noun) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country Synonyms: hostile expedition, military expedition
(noun) a journey taken for pleasure Synonyms: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay
(noun) the property of being prompt and efficient Synonyms: despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness
(noun) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
expeditiousness (noun) the property of being prompt and efficient Synonyms: despatch, dispatch, expedition
fissiped (noun) terrestrial carnivores having toes separated to the base: dogs, cats, bears, badgers, raccoons Synonyms: fissiped mammal
handicapped (noun) people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped Synonyms: disabled
hypnopedia (noun) teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep) Synonyms: sleep-learning
impedance (noun) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, ohmic resistance, resistance, resistivity
impediment (noun) any structure that makes progress difficult Synonyms: impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance
impedimenta (noun) the baggage and equipment carried by an army
(noun) any structure that makes progress difficult Synonyms: impediment, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor
inexpedience (noun) the quality of being unsuited to the end in view Synonyms: inexpediency
inexpediency (noun) the quality of being unsuited to the end in view Synonyms: inexpedience
lespedeza (noun) shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States Synonyms: bush clover
maxilliped (noun) One of a set of three paired appendages on the thorax of a decapod crustacean, located just posterior to the maxillae and used in feeding. Synonyms: gnathopod
millepede (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs Synonyms: milliped, millipede
milliped (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs Synonyms: millepede, millipede
millipede (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs Synonyms: millepede, milliped
misopedia (noun) hatred of children
moped (noun) a motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine
orthopedics (noun) the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints Synonyms: orthopaedics
orthopedist (noun) a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children) Synonyms: orthopaedist
parallelepiped (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms Synonyms: parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon
parallelepipedon (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon
parallelopiped (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon
parallelopipedon (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped
pedagog (noun) someone who educates young people Synonyms: educator, pedagogue
pedagogics (noun) the principles and methods of instruction Synonyms: pedagogy, teaching method
pedagogue (noun) someone who educates young people Synonyms: educator, pedagog
pedagogy (noun) the profession of a teacher Synonyms: instruction, teaching
(noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, teaching
(noun) the principles and methods of instruction Synonyms: pedagogics, teaching method
pedal (noun) a lever that is operated with the foot Synonyms: foot lever, foot pedal, treadle
(noun) a sustained bass note Synonyms: pedal point
pedaler (noun) a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) Synonyms: pedaller
pedaller (noun) a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) Synonyms: pedaler
pedant (noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit Synonyms: bookworm, scholastic
pedantry (noun) an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
peddler (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) Synonyms: hawker, packman, pedlar, pitchman
(noun) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs Synonyms: drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, pusher
peddling (noun) the act of selling goods for a living Synonyms: hawking, vending, vendition
pedelec (noun) a bicycle built with a motor to aid the cyclist to turn the pedals
pederast (noun) a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner Synonyms: child molester, paederast
pederasty (noun) sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) Synonyms: paederasty
pedesis (noun) the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid Synonyms: Brownian motion, Brownian movement
pedestal (noun) a support or foundation Synonyms: base, stand
(noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) Synonyms: footstall, plinth
(noun) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
pedestrian (noun) a person who travels by foot Synonyms: footer, walker
pediatrician (noun) a specialist in the care of babies Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrist
pediatrics (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology
pediatrist (noun) a specialist in the care of babies Synonyms: baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrician
pedicab (noun) a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire Synonyms: cycle rickshaw
pedicel (noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle Synonyms: pedicle
pedicle (noun) a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle Synonyms: pedicel
pediculicide (noun) a chemical agent that kills lice
pediculosis (noun) infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching Synonyms: lousiness
pedicure (noun) professional care for the feet and toenails
pedigree (noun) ancestry of a purebred animal Synonyms: bloodline
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
(noun) line of descent of a purebred animal
pediment (noun) a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
pedlar (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pitchman
pedodontist (noun) a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth
pedology (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pediatrics
pedometer (noun) measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking
pedophile (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children Synonyms: paedophile
pedophilia (noun) a sexual attraction to children Synonyms: paedophilia
peduncle (noun) a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain Synonyms: cerebral peduncle
(noun) stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
(noun) the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
pedwood (noun) European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers Synonyms: blood-twig, common European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, red dogwood
pinnatiped (noun) aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers Synonyms: pinniped, pinniped mammal
pinniped (noun) aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers Synonyms: pinnatiped, pinniped mammal
quadruped (noun) an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking
ropedancer (noun) an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground Synonyms: ropewalker
sesquipedalia (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) Synonyms: sesquipedalian
sesquipedalian (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) Synonyms: sesquipedalia
sesquipedality (noun) using long words
stampede (noun) a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
(noun) a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
stapedectomy (noun) surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear
torpedo (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges Synonyms: crampfish, electric ray, numbfish
(noun) armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
(noun) a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
(noun) a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
(noun) an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, wedge, zep
(noun) a professional killer who uses a gun Synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, triggerman
velocipede (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals Synonyms: tricycle, trike
(noun) any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel

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