11-letter words containing p, d, s
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
- lis pendens — a pending suit listed on the court docket.
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- lycopodiums — Plural form of lycopodium.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- mal du pays — homesickness.
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- metaphrased — Translated literally.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- midshipmite — (nautical,slang,archaic) A little or petty midshipman.
- mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- mis-shipped — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- misemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy.
- mishappened — Simple past tense and past participle of mishappen.
- mispersuade — to persuade wrongly
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- misreported — Simple past tense and past participle of misreport.
- misspending — Present participle of misspend.
- mistempered — Simple past tense and past participle of mistemper.
- mixed spice — condiment: seasoning blend
- monopolised — Simple past tense and past participle of monopolise.
- mpls domain — (networking) A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
- mudskippers — Plural form of mudskipper.
- mudspringer — mudskipper.
- multicuspid — (in humans) a tooth with a single projection point or elevation; canine.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- nasal drops — Nasal drops are medicine that you put directly in your nose one drop at a time.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- opeidoscope — an instrument which represents sound visually
- openwindows — (operating system) A graphical user interface server for Sun workstations which handles SunView, NeWS and X Window System protocols.
- ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
- ornithopods — Plural form of ornithopod.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- outspeeding — Present participle of outspeed.
- outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.