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12-letter words containing d, e, p, u

  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • picture card — face card
  • picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
  • picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
  • plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
  • poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
  • pollutedness — the state of being polluted
  • polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
  • ponce around — If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously.
  • postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
  • pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • predeparture — of, pertaining to or implemented during the stage prior to departure
  • prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
  • premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
  • premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered
  • prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • pressed duck — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
  • pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  • procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
  • produce race — a race for the offspring of parents identified or characterized at the time of nomination.
  • producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
  • propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
  • proudhearted — full of pride.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • pseudo force — any force that is postulated to account for apparent deviations from Newton's laws of motion appearing in an accelerated reference system.
  • pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
  • pseudoallele — a false allele
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
  • pseudocoelom — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
  • pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
  • pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
  • pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
  • pseudonymous — bearing a false or fictitious name.
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