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

  • dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
  • easter parade — a parade held on or near Easter Day, in particular a strolling procession in and around Fifth Avenue New York City (celebrated by Irving Berlin in a song, which gave rise to a film of the same name) for which people dress up in especially smart clothes; this derives from an older tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter in honour of the festival.
  • elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
  • elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
  • exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
  • exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
  • feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
  • flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
  • 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
  • heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
  • isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • 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)
  • pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
  • 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.
  • plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
  • posix threads — (programming)   (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
  • post-actinide — transactinide
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
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