13-letter words containing a, d, u, r
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
- outward bound — (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
- outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-educated — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- overenamoured — excessively fond
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- oversaturated — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- pao de acucar — Portuguese name of Sugarloaf Mountain.
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- pedal pushers — women's short trousers
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- pharaoh hound — one of a breed of medium-sized gazehounds with a smooth coat, red to tan in color with white markings, and erect ears.
- piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
- plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
- platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- plug and pray — (humour) The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
- port du salut — Port-Salut.
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- potter around — If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- prejudicative — tending to prejudge
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- pressure drag — the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
- pressure head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.