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14-letter words containing p, a, y, d, i

  • extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
  • friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
  • granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
  • hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
  • hydrographical — Hydrographic.
  • hydropathicity — (chemistry) The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a compound, especially of an amino acid residue in a protein.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
  • hydroxyapatite — a mineral, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 OH 2 , that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
  • hyperlipidemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
  • hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
  • hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
  • hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
  • hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
  • idiopathically — In an idiopathic sense or manner.
  • indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
  • indemnity plan — An indemnity plan is a healthcare plan that allows policyholders to choose any healthcare provider they wish, and charges them a fee depending on the rules of the policy.
  • infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
  • iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
  • lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
  • myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
  • myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • ordinary point — Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.
  • painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
  • partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
  • passion sunday — the fifth Sunday in Lent, being the second week before Easter.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • pin grid array — (hardware)   (PGA) A style of integrated circuit socket or pin-out with pins laid out on a square or rectangular grid with a separation of 0.1 inch in each direction. The pins near the centre of the array are often missing. PGA is often used on motherboards for processors, e.g. Socket 6 and Socket 8. PPGA is "plastic PGA" (as opposed to ceramic?). See also SPGA.
  • pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
  • pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
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