13-letter words containing d, r, i, p, s, t
- histiophoroid — of or relating to the sailfish
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
- interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
- landing strip — airstrip.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- lipodystrophy — A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
- parasitoidism — the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host remains alive until larval development is complete and then usually dies.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- 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.
- pise-de-terre — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
- 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-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.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.