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14-letter words containing a, d, e, r, s

  • osteodermatous — characterized by osteodermal skin
  • over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
  • over-advertise — to advertise too much
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
  • overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
  • overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
  • oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • paddle steamer — a vessel propelled by paddle wheels and driven by steam.
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • paedomorphosis — the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines
  • painted desert — a region in N central Arizona, E of the Colorado River: many-colored rock surfaces.
  • palisades park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • paper-shredder — a piece of machinery which shreds paper into fine strips, so as to destroy private documents, etc
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • parish records — historical documents of a district
  • partners' desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
  • pas de bourree — a short running step.
  • passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
  • passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pedestrianized — A pedestrianized area has been made into an area that is intended for pedestrians, not vehicles.
  • persian blinds — persiennes
  • picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
  • piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
  • pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
  • plaza de toros — a bullring.
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • ponderosa pine — Also called western yellow pine. a large pine, Pinus ponderosa, of western North America, having yellowish-brown bark: the state tree of Montana.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • power-assisted — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • predestinarian — of or relating to predestination.
  • predestination — an act of predestinating or predestining.
  • predestinative — predestinating; of the nature of or concerned with predestination
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
  • processed peas — peas that have been treated or prepared by a special method, esp in order to preserve them
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