14-letter words containing m, i, e, d
- over-demanding — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- over-dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- overdetermined — excessively or unduly determined.
- overdramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of overdramatize.
- overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- packed decimal — binary coded decimal
- paedomorphosis — the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines
- pantomime dame — an exaggerated comedic female character in a pantomime played by a male actor
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- photoperiodism — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- pointed domain — (theory) In most formulations of domain theory, a domain is defined to have a bottom element and algebraic CPOs without bottoms are called "predomains". David Schmidt's domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain with a bottom "pointed".
- police academy — a school for training police officers
- polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- predeterminate — determined beforehand; predetermined.
- predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- prime meridian — the meridian running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned.
- printed matter — any of various kinds of printed material that qualifies for a special postal rate.
- procaine amide — a white, crystalline compound, C 1 3 H 2 1 ON 3 , used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pyramid letter — chain letter.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quasi-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- quick-tempered — easily angered.
- quitclaim deed — a deed that conveys to the grantee only such interests in property as the grantor may have, the grantee assuming responsibility for any claims brought against the property.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- radiotelemeter — the equipment used for radiotelemetry
- radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements