13-letter words containing p, a, s, d
- multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- 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
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- 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.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- pandora's box — a source of extensive but unforeseen troubles or problems: The senate investigation turned out to be a Pandora's box for the administration.
- paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- 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.
- parasitoidism — the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host remains alive until larval development is complete and then usually dies.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- 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.
- 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.
- passamaquoddy — a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
- 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
- patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
- patriots' day — the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.
- 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.