11-letter words containing d, e, r, p, s
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- peridesmium — the membrane of cellular tissue surrounding a ligament
- personal ad — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- pierrefonds — a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- 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.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- powder snow — powder1 (def 3).
- pre-address — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
- pre-defense — resistance against attack; protection: Two more regiments are needed for the defense of the city.
- pre-imposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- precedences — act or fact of preceding.
- precomposed — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
- predeceased — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
- predecessor — parent
- predesigned — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- 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.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- predisposed — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- 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.
- prefinished — coated or treated before use or sale: prefinished wood.
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- preschedule — taking place ahead of schedule
- prescindent — tending to prescind
- preselected — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- pressurized — brought to and maintained at an atmospheric pressure higher than that of the surroundings: cooking with pressurized steam.
- 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.
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- professedly — allegedly; pretendedly: He is only professedly poor.
- 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.
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- provisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.