13-letter words containing d, e, s, p, r
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- midi-pyrénées — a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east
- misapprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapprehend.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonrespondent — someone who is not a respondent
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overimpressed — very impressed
- overprocessed — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
- pedal pushers — women's short trousers
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- periodontitis — inflammation of the periodontium caused by bacteria that infect the roots of teeth and the surrounding gum crevices, producing bleeding, pus formation, and gradual loss of bone and the tissues that support the teeth. Compare pyorrhea (def 2).
- periodontosis — rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perpend stone — a large stone that passes through a wall from one side to the other
- perplexedness — the quality or state of being perplexed
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phosphoretted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
- pise-de-terre — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- poor-spirited — having or showing a poor, cowardly, or abject spirit.
- posix threads — (programming) (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).