11-letter words containing a, d, i, s
- pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pedobaptist — a person who advocates or practices pedobaptism.
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- piebaldness — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plasticated — covered with a layer of plastic
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- prediabetes — a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- pseudopodia — pseudopod.
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quadrigatus — a silver coin of ancient Rome, bearing an image of Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse.
- quasi-adult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- quasi-ideal — a conception of something in its perfection.
- quesadillas — Plural form of quesadilla.
- radicalised — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- radicalness — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- radiologist — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
- radiovision — television.
- radnorshire — a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- rat islands — a group of islands in SW Alaska, in the W Aleutian Islands.
- re-situated — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.