13-letter words containing d, r, e, s, t, o
- otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- over the odds — more than is expected, necessary, etc
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overdiversity — excessive diversity
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- overhead-shot — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- oversaturated — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- overstretched — to stretch excessively.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- 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
- phosphoretted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
- 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-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- 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.
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- 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.
- propositioned — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- protected sex — sexual activity during which a condom is used to protect against sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy.
- radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- raison d'etat — a purely political reason for governmental action, based on the national interest and often violating principles of justice.
- raison d'etre — reason or justification for being or existence: Art is the artist's raison d'être.
- reconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
- rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
- redemonstrate — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- redesignation — an act of designating.