15-letter words containing e, r, i, d
- over-confidence — too confident.
- over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
- over-distention — the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- over-engineered — unnecessarily complicated
- over-privileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- overdraft limit — a limit on the amount of money allowed to be withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
- overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
- overentertained — entertained to excess
- overexpenditure — the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
- overopinionated — too opinionated
- oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
- panzer division — an armored division of the German army, especially in World War II, consisting chiefly of tanks and organized for making rapid attacks.
- paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
- paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
- paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
- parallel-veined — having closely spaced longitudinal veins, as the leaves of most monocotyledonous plants.
- parallelopipeda — plural of parallelopipedon
- pars intermedia — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- partial denture — an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- paternity order — a court order which declares a child's paternity
- peak production — the maximum production
- pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
- pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
- pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- penetration aid — a device or tactic, as the use of chaff or decoys or the maintaining of a low flight level, that helps an aircraft or missile to enter hostile air space.
- perchloric acid — a colorless, syrupy hygroscopic liquid, HClO 4 , an acid of chlorine containing one more oxygen atom than chloric acid: used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
- perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
- period-rotation — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- periodic motion — any motion that recurs in identical forms at equal intervals of time.
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- peroxide blonde — You can refer to a woman whose hair has been artificially been made lighter in colour as a peroxide blonde, especially when you want to show that you disapprove of this, or that you think her hair looks unnatural or unattractive.
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
- phenazopyridine — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used as a lower urinary tract analgesic.
- phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
- piano reduction — a musical score having the parts condensed or simplified in two staves, to render the music playable on the piano by one person.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- piero di cosimo — Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- post-depression — the act of depressing.
- post-tridentine — of or relating to the city of Trent.