13-letter words containing d, e, t, o
- pico de aneto — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- pico de teide — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
- point de gaze — a needlepoint lace in which delicate floral designs are sewn onto a net ground.
- pointy-headed — stupid; idiotic.
- politicalized — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- polycotyledon — a plant having more than two cotyledons, as certain gymnosperms.
- ponta delgada — a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.
- poor-spirited — having or showing a poor, cowardly, or abject spirit.
- port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
- portrait mode — an orientation that is vertical rather than horizontal
- 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).
- post meridiem — p.m.
- post-actinide — transactinide
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- potbelly wood — a load of firewood, approximately half a cord, cut in lengths of 16 inches (40 cm) or less for use in a potbelly stove.
- potter around — If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying.
- potty trained — Potty trained means the same as toilet trained.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
- powder method — a method of x-ray determination of crystal structure using a powdered sample.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- pre-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- pre-portioned — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
- preadaptation — a structure or property that developed in an ancestral stock and was useful in a descendant in a changed environment.
- preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.