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13-letter words containing p, a, s, d, e

  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • misapprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapprehend.
  • moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
  • 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.
  • nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
  • 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.
  • paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • painted snipe — either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.
  • palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
  • paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
  • paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
  • paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
  • parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
  • parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • pas de basque — a step in which the dancer swings one foot to the side, springs onto it, and swings the other foot against it.
  • pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
  • pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
  • pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
  • peace studies — a field of political science which examines how to reduce conflicts
  • peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
  • pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
  • pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
  • pedal pushers — women's short trousers
  • pedestal desk — a desk with a writing surface supported by a pair of sets of drawers
  • pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
  • pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
  • pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
  • phase encoded — (storage)   (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
  • phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
  • pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
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