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11-letter words containing d, e, p, s, t

  • post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • postal code — British. postcode.
  • postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
  • postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
  • predestined — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
  • prediabetes — a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.
  • predigested — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
  • predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • 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.
  • prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
  • prescindent — tending to prescind
  • preselected — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
  • present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
  • prestandard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
  • prestressed — (of steel cables, wires, etc, of a precast concrete part) that has been prestressed
  • prioritised — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
  • prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
  • prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
  • puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
  • quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
  • reinspected — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
  • represented — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
  • resplendent — shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.
  • rest period — a period of rest
  • salad plate — a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad.
  • seed potato — a potato tuber used for planting
  • serendipity — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
  • sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • space cadet — a person who appears to be in his or her own world or out of touch with reality.
  • spatterdash — a long gaiter to protect the trousers or stockings, as from mud while riding.
  • spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
  • speed light — an electronic flash lamp.
  • speed limit — the maximum speed at which a vehicle is legally permitted to travel, as within a specific area, on a certain road, or under given conditions.
  • speed metal — a style of heavy-metal music typically played at extremely fast tempos.
  • speed skate — racing skate.
  • speedometer — an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating the rate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour.
  • spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
  • spider mite — any of numerous, variously colored web-spinning mites of the family Tetranychidae, many of which are pests of garden plants and fruit trees.
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
  • sports desk — the editorial section of a newspaper, television or radio programme, etc that deals with sports news
  • spotted gum — an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus maculata
  • spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
  • spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
  • spottedness — the state, condition or quality of being spotted
  • spouted bed — A spouted bed is a bed in which the particles are quite big, and contact only happens in an upward movement of fluid in the middle of the bed.
  • spreadsheet — Accounting. a worksheet that is arranged in the manner of a mathematical matrix and contains a multicolumn analysis of related entries for easy reference on a single sheet.
  • spring tide — the large rise and fall of the tide at or soon after the new or the full moon.
  • standpatter — a person who refuses to consider or accept change.
  • star-shaped — of the shape of or like a star.
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