15-letter words containing a, d, i, p, s

pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
phoenix islands — a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles). The islands and surrounding waters form the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area. Area: 410 500 sq km (158 500 sq miles)
phosphoric acid — any of three acids, orthophosphoric acid, H 3 PO 4 , metaphosphoric acid, HPO 3 , or pyrophosphoric acid, H 4 P 2 O 7 , derived from phosphorus pentoxide, P 2 O 5 , and various amounts of water.
photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
pitcairn island — a small British island in the S Pacific, SE of Tuamotu Archipelago: settled 1790 by mutineers of the Bounty. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
pleasant island — former name of Nauru.
point-and-shoot — of or denoting a camera that does not require manual adjustment of shutter speed, focus, aperture, etc.
post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
postirradiation — occurring after or due to irradiation
pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
pre-established — to establish beforehand.
prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
prepaid expense — A prepaid expense is an expense that has been paid for before it is incurred, and that is treated as an asset.
prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
primordial soup — the seas and atmosphere as they existed on earth before the existence of life, consisting primarily of an oxygen-free gaseous mixture containing chiefly water, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.
prince's island — former name of Príncipe.
private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
pseudo-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
pseudo-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
pseudo-suicidal — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united
pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
pseudoparalysis — the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
psychedelically — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
psychodiagnosis — a psychological examination using psychodiagnostic techniques.
pure and simple — sheer, utter
push up daisies — any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
put paid to sth — If an unexpected event puts paid to someone's hopes, chances, or plans, it completely ends or destroys them.

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