14-letter words containing d, o, i, t, e
- oversensitized — to render sensitive.
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- pantomime dame — an exaggerated comedic female character in a pantomime played by a male actor
- para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
- parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
- particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
- partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- pentanoic acid — colourless liquid carboxylic acid
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
- periodontology — periodontics.
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- photoduplicate — photocopy.
- photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
- photooxidative — of or relating to photooxidation
- photoperiodism — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
- picture editor — someone whose job is to deal with the photographs and illustrations for a newspaper or magazine
- picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- piston-engined — powered by a piston engine
- platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
- pocket edition — pocketbook (def 3).
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
- point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
- pointed domain — (theory) In most formulations of domain theory, a domain is defined to have a bottom element and algebraic CPOs without bottoms are called "predomains". David Schmidt's domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain with a bottom "pointed".
- polar distance — codeclination.
- police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
- polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
- polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
- pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- postdepression — pertaining to or denoting the period after an economic depression
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- potbellied pig — a type of small, dark, domesticated pig with a lighter band running around its middle, native to Vietnam and sometimes kept as a pet.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pott's disease — caries of the bodies of the vertebrae, often resulting in marked curvature of the spine, and usually associated with a tuberculosis infection.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- power-assisted — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
- preconditioned — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity