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15-letter words containing o, p, e, d, a

  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
  • put a damper on — To put a damper on something means to have an effect on it which stops it being as enjoyable or as successful as it should be.
  • put sb to death — If someone is put to death, they are executed.
  • pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
  • quarter pounder — A quarter pounder is a hamburger that weighs four ounces before it is cooked. Four ounces is a quarter of a pound.
  • radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
  • radio programme — something that is broadcast on radio
  • radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
  • radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
  • radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radioprotection — protection against radiation
  • radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
  • radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
  • refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
  • remand prisoner — a prisoner who is sent back into custody (or sometimes admitted to bail) to await trial or continuation of their trial
  • repeat offender — A repeat offender is someone who commits the same sort of crime more than once.
  • reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
  • río de la plata — Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
  • sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
  • saturated vapor — a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.
  • seafood platter — a plate of assorted seafood, served in a restaurant
  • seaside sparrow — a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • sewage disposal — waste processing
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
  • sidereal period — the period of revolution of a body about another with respect to one or more distant stars
  • social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
  • sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
  • sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
  • sostenuto pedal — a pedal on a grand piano that raises the dampers, allowing the tone to be sustained for those strings struck at the time the pedal is depressed.
  • special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
  • speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
  • spell a paddock — to give a field a rest period by letting it lie fallow
  • sphaerosiderite — a type of siderite
  • spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
  • spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
  • spread the word — make others aware
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
  • sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
  • take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • to sow gapeseed — to stare in a gaping manner instead of attending to business
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