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12-letter words containing d, u, p, l

  • plum pudding — a rich steamed or boiled pudding containing raisins, currants, citron, spices, etc.
  • pollutedness — the state of being polluted
  • polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
  • postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
  • postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
  • premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered
  • prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • pridefulness — 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.
  • procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
  • prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • pseudoallele — a false allele
  • pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
  • pseudocoelom — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
  • pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
  • pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
  • public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
  • pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
  • purblindness — the state of being purblind
  • purple medic — a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.
  • puzzleheaded — having, deriving from, or characterized by confused thoughts or ideas.
  • quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
  • quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
  • quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
  • quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
  • reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
  • semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
  • shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
  • spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
  • student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
  • stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
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