14-letter words containing d, u, p, l, i
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- mind uploading — (application) The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- multiple drill — a drilling machine having a number of vertical spindles for drilling several holes in a piece simultaneously.
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
- non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- painted turtle — a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace.
- 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
- particularized — individualized
- photoduplicate — photocopy.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- 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.
- polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
- polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- pre-delinquent — (of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- productibility — the ability to produce
- propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- pseudo-classic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- public holiday — national day off work
- pull-down list — (operating system) (Or "drop-down list") A graphical user interface component that allows the user to choose one (or sometimes more than one) item from a list. The current choice is visible in a small rectangle and when the user clicks on it, a list of items is revealed below it. The user can then click on one of these to make it the current choice and the list disappears. In some cases, by holding down a modifier key such as Ctrl when clicking, the selection is added to (or removed from) the set of current choices rather than replacing it.
- push down list — (programming) (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
- put the lid on — to be the final blow to
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quadruplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate.
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
- sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
- sesquipedalism — given to using long words.
- sesquipedality — given to using long words.
- sesquisulphide — a sulphide containing three sulphur atoms to two of some other element