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

  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
  • port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
  • postaccident — occurring after an accident
  • postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
  • postal order — money order.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
  • postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
  • postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
  • postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
  • postdoctoral — of or relating to study or professional work undertaken after the receipt of a doctorate: postdoctoral courses.
  • poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
  • postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • potato salad — potato chunks in mayonnaise
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
  • prayer beads — the beads of the rosary
  • pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
  • pre-disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
  • preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
  • preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
  • predesignate — to designate beforehand.
  • predestinate — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
  • prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
  • predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
  • preparedness — the state of being prepared; readiness.
  • preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
  • presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
  • prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • process data — data processing
  • prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
  • producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • prosodically — in a prosodic manner
  • prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
  • pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • pseudoallele — a false allele
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
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