11-letter words containing p, d, s
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- peridesmium — the membrane of cellular tissue surrounding a ligament
- personal ad — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
- phase speed — the speed at which the phase of a wave is propagated, the product of the frequency times the wavelength. This is the quantity that is determined by methods using interference. In a dispersive medium it differs from the group speed
- phd student — a person who is studying for a PhD
- phidippides — the Athenian runner who secured aid from Sparta in the struggle between the Athenians and the Persians 490 b.c.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- photostated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- piebaldness — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- piece goods — goods, esp fabrics, made in standard widths and lengths
- piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
- pierrefonds — a former city in S Quebec, Canada, now part of Montreal.
- pilot study — trial done for research
- piped music — Piped music is recorded music which is played in some supermarkets, restaurants, and other public places.
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plasmodesma — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plasticated — covered with a layer of plastic
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- port hudson — a village in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi, N of Baton Rouge: siege during the U.S. Civil War 1863.
- possessedly — in a possessed manner
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postal code — British. postcode.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- posttyphoid — occurring as a sequela of typhoid fever.
- pound scots — pound2 (def 7).
- powder snow — powder1 (def 3).
- pre-address — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
- pre-defense — resistance against attack; protection: Two more regiments are needed for the defense of the city.
- pre-imposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- precedences — act or fact of preceding.
- precomposed — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
- predeceased — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).