25-letter words containing a, d, p, i, s
- personalized number plate — a car registration plate that has the owner's initials or name on it
- play into someone's hands — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- polycystic ovary syndrome — a hormonal disorder in which the Graafian follicles in the ovary fail to develop completely so that they are unable to ovulate, remaining as multiple cysts that distend the ovary. The results can include reduced fertility, obesity, and hirsutism
- potassium sodium tartrate — a colorless or white, water-soluble solid, KNaC 4 H 4 O 6 ⋅4H 2 O, used in silvering mirrors, in the manufacture of Seidlitz powders and baking powder, and in medicine as a laxative.
- preferred ordinary shares — shares issued by a company that rank between preference shares and ordinary shares in the payment of dividends
- pressurized-water reactor — a nuclear reactor using water as coolant and moderator at a pressure that is too high to allow boiling to take place inside the reactor. The fuel is enriched uranium oxide cased in zirconium
- prices and incomes policy — voluntary or statutory regulation of the level of increases in prices and incomes
- process design language 2 — (language) (PDL2) A language developed for the Texas Instruments ASC computer.
- profit and loss statement — A profit and loss statement is a statement that is compiled at the end of a financial year showing that year's revenue and expense items and indicating gross and net profit or loss.
- progressive federal party — a political party, formed in 1977 by a merger between the Progressive Party and members of the United Party, supporting qualified franchise for all South Africans irrespective of race, colour, or creed; merged with other parties in 1989 to form the Democratic Party
- property damage insurance — insurance against losses arising from damage to the property of others, as in a motor-vehicle accident.
- put one's head in a noose — to bring about one's own downfall
- put/set sb's mind at rest — To put someone's mind at rest or set their mind at rest means to tell them something that stops them worrying.
- ram's-head lady's-slipper — a rare, slender-stemmed orchid, Cypripedium arietinum, of northeastern North America, that has crimson-streaked, whitish-lipped flowers with purple sepals and grows in moist soil.
- really simple syndication — Rich Site Summary
- reduced paid-up insurance — life insurance in which a nonforfeiture value is used to purchase a reduced amount of fully paid-up insurance of the same kind as the surrendered policy.
- registered representative — an employee of a member firm of a stock exchange, authorized to execute orders for the clients of the firm.
- saint pierre and miquelon — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
- special educational needs — learning disability
- spectral band replication — (audio, compression) (SBR) Guessing the nontransmitted higher frequency range of a compressed audio file by some helper bits (transmiited with the stream) and the transmitted base band. SBR allows a restoration (not reconstruction) of the upper frequency range without lots of bits. It was developed by Coding Technology, and is useful for medium and high quality coding at low and medium data rates. It is used by Digital Radio Mondiale and MP3 Pro.
- stand in a person's light — to stand so as to obscure a person's vision
- statistically independent — (of events or values) having the probability of their joint occurrence equal to the product of their individual probabilities.
- the empire state building — a very high skyscraper in New York City
- transcendental-philosophy — transcendental character, thought, or language.
- tribasic sodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
- undisputed world champion — a boxer who holds the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, the World Boxing Organization, and the International Boxing Federation world championship titles simultaneously