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15-letter words containing p, a, d, s

  • german shepherd — one of a breed of large shepherd dogs having a coat ranging in color from gray to brindled, black-and-tan, or black, used especially in police work and as a guide for the blind.
  • globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
  • golden eardrops — a Californian plant, Dicentra chrysantha, of the fumitory family, having bluish-green foliage and branched clusters of yellow flowers.
  • golden pheasant — an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.
  • golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • grandstand play — an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
  • graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
  • green sandpiper — a species of sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, with a greenish back and wings
  • hampstead heath — a popular recreation area near Hampstead in N London
  • hardhead sponge — any of several commercial sponges, as Spongia officinalis dura, of the West Indies and Central America, having a harsh, fibrous, resilient skeleton.
  • hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
  • hausdorff space — a topological space in which each pair of points can be separated by two disjoint open sets containing the points.
  • head-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
  • heath speedwell — a temperate scrophulariaceous plant, Veronica officinalis, having small blue or pinkish white flowers
  • hemel hempstead — a town in W Hertfordshire, in SE England.
  • hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
  • hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
  • hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
  • hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
  • hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
  • identity papers — law: legal documents
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • in a (bad) spot — in a bad situation; in trouble
  • independentista — (especially in Latin America) a person who supports or works toward political independence, especially one supporting radical changes in an existing government or from an existing system of government.
  • indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
  • indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
  • industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
  • iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
  • joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
  • jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
  • jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
  • keep one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • land of promise — Promised Land.
  • landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
  • least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
  • leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
  • line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
  • lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
  • lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
  • loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
  • maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
  • mashed potatoes — potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft pulpy mass
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
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