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13-letter words containing o, d, u, r

  • overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • overenamoured — excessively fond
  • overmultitude — to exceed in number
  • overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
  • overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • oversaturated — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • pao de acucar — Portuguese name of Sugarloaf Mountain.
  • parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
  • partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • pharaoh hound — one of a breed of medium-sized gazehounds with a smooth coat, red to tan in color with white markings, and erect ears.
  • phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • potter around — If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • product costs — Product costs are costs that can be directly associated with a particular product, such as manufacturing and sales costs.
  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
  • pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
  • pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadrifarious — having four parts
  • quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
  • quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • quadrilocular — having four compartments
  • quadriphonics — quadraphony.
  • quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
  • quarter round — a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.
  • quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • queen dowager — the widow of a king.
  • radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • random number — pseudorandom number
  • random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
  • rattle around — If you say that someone rattles around in a room or other space, you mean that the space is too large for them.
  • reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
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