13-letter words containing d, i, s, p, r
- parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
- patriots' day — the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.
- 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)
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- 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.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- pise-de-terre — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- 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).
- post meridiem — p.m.
- 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-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- 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
- pre-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- pre-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- pre-discussed — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- predestinated — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- presidentship — presidency.
- pressed brick — face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- presterilized — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- pretendership — the standing of a pretender
- pride's purge — the forceful exclusion from the House of Commons, carried out by Col. Thomas Pride in December 1648, of about 100 members who favored compromise with the Royalist party.
- priest-ridden — dominated or governed by or excessively under the influence of priests
- primigravidas — a woman pregnant for the first time.
- prism diopter — a unit of prismatic deviation, in which the number one represents a prism that deflects a beam of light a distance of one centimeter on a plane placed normal to the initial direction of the beam and one meter away from the prism.
- prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- promised land — Heaven.
- propositioned — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.