13-letter words containing p, a, s, d
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
- graphics card — graphics adaptor
- hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
- haphazardness — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- idealized csp — (language) A programming language combining simply typed, call-by-name procedures with asynchronous communicating processes, assuming fair parallel execution. Idealized CSP generalises Anthony Hoare's original CSP and Kahn's networks of deterministic processes, and is closely related to Parallel Algol by Stephen Brookes of CMU. Procedures permit the encapsulation of common protocols and parallel programming idioms. Local variables and local channel declarations provide a way to delimit the scope of interference between parallel agents, and allow a form of concurrent object-oriented programming.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in good shape — person: fit, healthy
- indian physic — American ipecac.
- indispensable — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indispensably — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
- kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
- lamp standard — a tall metal or concrete post supporting a street lamp
- landing speed — the minimum air speed at which an aircraft lands safely
- landing strip — airstrip.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- leopard shark — a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- 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.