13-letter words containing d, r, o, p
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- 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
- prepared food — food which has been prepared by manufacturers, and is sold to be eaten at home
- preponderance — the fact or quality of being preponderant; superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.: The preponderance of votes is against the proposal.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
- preprogrammed — to program in advance: to preprogram a manufacturing process.
- pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- primordiality — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- 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
- pro-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- product costs — Product costs are costs that can be directly associated with a particular product, such as manufacturing and sales costs.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- promised land — Heaven.
- propagandizer — a person who engages in, or subjects others to, propaganda
- property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
- propositioned — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- pros and cons — The pros and cons of something are its advantages and disadvantages, which you consider carefully so that you can make a sensible decision.
- 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.
- prosthodontia — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
- protected sex — sexual activity during which a condom is used to protect against sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy.
- protochordate — any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates.
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
- radio compass — a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- record player — phonograph.
- recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- red-hot poker — tritoma.
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- redevelopment — the act or process of redeveloping.
- redisposition — the withdrawal and redistribution of armed forces with the aim of more effective use
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.