13-letter words containing d, u, a, l
- ottawa euclid — Euclid
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- pedal pushers — women's short trousers
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
- platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
- platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- plug and play — (sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.
- plug and pray — (humour) The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
- plug-and-play — Plug-and-play is used to describe computer equipment, for example a printer, that is ready to use immediately when you connect it to a computer.
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- port du salut — Port-Salut.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- quadratically — square.
- quadrennially — Every four years.
- quadricipital — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
- quadrilateral — having four sides.
- quadrilingual — using or involving four languages: a quadrilingual person; a quadrilingual translation of the Bible.
- quadriliteral — using or consisting of four letters.
- quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.