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13-letter words containing p, a, l, d

  • mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
  • modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • multimedia pc — multimedia
  • multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
  • multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
  • municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
  • nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
  • non-adaptable — capable of being adapted.
  • nondepletable — not depletable
  • nondiplomatic — not diplomatic or related to diplomacy
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nonexpendable — capable of being expended.
  • nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • oak-apple day — (in Britain) May 29, the anniversary of the Restoration (1660), formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester
  • old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • optical drive — optical disk drive
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
  • paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
  • paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
  • palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
  • pallet loader — A device employing a vertical lift platform for the mechanical loading or unloading of pallets of freight
  • palmitic acid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 3 2 O 2 , obtained by hydrolysis from palm oil and natural fats, in which it occurs as the glyceride, and from spermaceti: used in the manufacture of soap.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • paper-clipped — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
  • paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
  • paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
  • parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
  • party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
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