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14-letter words containing d, e, l

  • possible world — (in modal logic) a semantic device formalizing the notion of what the world might have been like. A statement is necessarily true if and only if it is true in every possible world
  • postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
  • potbellied pig — a type of small, dark, domesticated pig with a lighter band running around its middle, native to Vietnam and sometimes kept as a pet.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
  • pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • pre-calculated — to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light.
  • pre-delinquent — (of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
  • pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • pre-sterilized — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
  • preconcertedly — in a preconcerted or preplanned manner
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • predevelopment — advance development; the action of developing in advance
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • prepsychedelic — describing the period before the psychedelic era
  • pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
  • project leader — leader of a task or programme
  • promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
  • propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
  • propeller head — Slang. a person who is obsessively devoted to an especially technical pursuit.
  • prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • provincialised — to make provincial in character.
  • pseudo-classic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
  • pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
  • pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
  • pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
  • pull-down menu — (operating system)   (Or "drop-down menu", "pop-down menu") A menu in a graphical user interface, whose title is normally visible but whose contents are revealed only when the user activates it, normally by pressing the mouse button while the pointer is over the title, whereupon the menu items appear below the title. The user may then select an item from the menu or click elsewhere, in either case the menu contents are hidden again. A menu item is selected either by dragging the mouse from the menu title to the item and releasing or by clicking the title and then the item. When a pull-down menu appears in the main area of a window, as opposed to the menu bar, it may have a small, downward-pointing triangle to the right. Compare: scrollable list.
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • pyramid letter — chain letter.
  • pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
  • pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
  • quadrilaterals — Plural form of quadrilateral.
  • quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
  • quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
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