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

  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
  • humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • interruptedly — In an interrupted manner.
  • isospondylous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), an order of soft-finned teleost fishes that includes the herring, salmon, trout, and pike
  • launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
  • 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.
  • leucodepleted — of or denoting blood from which the white cells have been removed
  • loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
  • lord's supper — the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist.
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
  • modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
  • multi-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • multimedia pc — multimedia
  • multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
  • multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
  • municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • 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.
  • plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
  • 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.
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