16-letter words containing d, i, p, r
- led page printer — LED printer
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- lord proprietary — (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
- macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
- manic depression — bipolar disorder.
- manic-depressive — suffering from bipolar disorder.
- media atropatene — an ancient region in NW Iran, formerly a part of Media.
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
- non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
- non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- non-sporting dog — one of any of several breeds of variously sized dogs that may have been developed to hunt or work but now are usually bred for show or as a pet, including the Bichon Frise, bulldog, dalmatian, chow chow, keeshond, and poodle.
- noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
- north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
- odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
- open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
- operating budget — money allocated to a project
- opposed-cylinder — (of an internal-combustion engine) having cylinders on opposite sides of the crankcase in the same plane
- orographic cloud — any cloud whose existence and form are largely controlled by the disturbed flow of air over and around mountains, as the banner cloud and crest cloud.
- outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
- over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- paediatric nurse — a nurse who specializes in the care of children
- painted trillium — a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
- para-phenetidine — a colorless organic liquid, C 8 H 1 1 NO, used chiefly in its para form (para-phenetidine) in the synthesis of phenacetin, dyes, and other compounds.
- paradigmatically — of or relating to a paradigm.
- parallelepipedon — a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pass-band filter — band-pass filter
- pays de la loire — a region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay: generally low-lying, drained by the River Loire and its tributaries; agricultural
- pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
- pencil and paper — An archaic information storage and transmission device that works by depositing smears of graphite on bleached wood pulp. More recent developments in paper-based technology include improved "write-once" update devices which use tiny rolling heads similar to mouse balls to deposit coloured pigment. All these devices require an operator skilled at so-called "handwriting" technique. These technologies are ubiquitous outside hackerdom, but nearly forgotten inside it. Most hackers had terrible handwriting to begin with, and years of keyboarding tend to have encouraged it to degrade further. Perhaps for this reason, hackers deprecate pencil-and-paper technology and often resist using it in any but the most trivial contexts.
- pension provider — the company or organization that makes provision for a person's pension
- percussion drill — a drill that is operated by percussion
- period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
- periodic decimal — repeating decimal.
- periodic tenancy — the letting of a dwelling for a repeated short term, as by the week, month, or quarter, with no end date
- permanganic acid — an acid, HMnO 4 , known only in solution.
- perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- personal details — details about a person such as their name and address
- persulfuric acid — Also called Caro's acid, permonosulfuric acid, peroxymonosulfuric acid, peroxysulfuric acid. a white, crystalline solid, H 2 SO 5 , used as an oxidizing agent for certain organic compounds.
- petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old