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14-letter words containing l, a, n, d, p

  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • persian blinds — persiennes
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • picolinic acid — a crystalline acid. Formula: C6H5NO2
  • pineapple weed — an Asian plant, Matricaria matricarioides, naturalized in Europe and North America, having greenish-yellow flower heads, and smelling of pineapple when crushed: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • plagal cadence — a cadence in which the chord of the tonic is preceded by that of the subdominant.
  • planning board — development group
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
  • platonic solid — one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • pool attendant — a person who keeps watch at a swimming pool, and rescues anyone in danger of drowning
  • postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
  • 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.
  • postnasal drip — a trickling of mucus onto the pharyngeal surface from the posterior portion of the nasal cavity, usually caused by a cold or allergy.
  • postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
  • promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
  • prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • provincialised — to make provincial in character.
  • pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
  • quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • sesquipedalian — given to using long words.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • spangled glass — an American art glass having flakes of mica in a layer of clear glass flashed with colored glass.
  • spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
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