13-letter words containing o, p, e, d, a
- promised land — Heaven.
- propagandizer — a person who engages in, or subjects others to, propaganda
- protochordate — any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates.
- pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- record player — phonograph.
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
- solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
- special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
- spotted adder — milk snake.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- spread option — spread (def 25b).
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tape recorder — an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- traded option — an option that can itself be bought and sold on a stock exchange
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- trapezohedron — Crystallography. a crystal form having all faces trapeziums.
- tricorporated — having three bodies and one head
- unaccompanied — not accompanied; alone: The shipment arrived unaccompanied by an invoice.
- uncompanioned — not having a companion; unaccompanied
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.