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19-letter words containing p, e, d

  • put on the feed bag — Also called nose bag. a bag for feeding horses, placed before the mouth and fastened around the head with straps.
  • put one's foot down — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
  • put the skids under — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
  • radiation potential — the potential in volts that must be applied to an atom or molecule to cause it to emit radiation at one of its characteristic frequencies.
  • radiopharmaceutical — any of a number of radioactive drugs used diagnostically or therapeutically.
  • ralph waldo emerson — Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
  • rancho palos verdes — a town in SW California.
  • rapture of the deep — nitrogen narcosis.
  • reactive depression — depression occurring in response to some situational stress, as loss of one's job.
  • recording equipment — devices used for sound reproduction
  • reduction potential — (in a galvanic cell) the potential of the electrode at which reduction occurs.
  • refreshable display — braille display
  • relative impediment — a fact or circumstance that disqualifies from lawful marriage persons who are closely related.
  • republic of ireland — John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
  • reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
  • resplendent quetzal — See under quetzal (def 1).
  • revenue expenditure — the amount of money spent by a business or organisation on general operating costs such as rent, insurance, heating, maintenance etc
  • royal correspondent — a journalist who reports on matters relating to royalty
  • samuel de champlain — Samuel de [sam-yoo-uh l duh;; French sa-my-el duh] /ˈsæm yu əl də;; French sa müˈɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.
  • san bernardino pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in SE Switzerland. Highest point: 2062 m (6766 ft)
  • santa rosa de copan — a town in W Honduras: site of extensive Mayan ruins.
  • sao jose dos campos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
  • sao paulo de luanda — Luanda.
  • scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
  • sea floor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  • sea-floor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  • secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
  • secondary processes — the conscious mental activity and logical thinking controlled by the ego and influenced by environmental demands.
  • semipalmated plover — a New World plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, having a black ring around the chest and semipalmate feet, inhabiting beaches and salt marshes.
  • sensory deprivation — the experimental or natural reduction of environmental stimuli, as by physical isolation or loss of eyesight, often leading to cognitive, perceptual, or behavioral changes, as disorientation, delusions, or panic.
  • sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
  • sharp-tailed grouse — a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
  • ship-to-shore radio — a radio that carries communications between land and sea
  • shipping department — a department in a company responsible for arranging, receiving, recording, and sending shipments of goods
  • simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
  • simple closed curve — a curve that is closed and that has no loops or points missing; a curve for which there exists a homeomorphism mapping it to a circle.
  • single-line display — a display that presents information in a single line
  • slip someone's mind — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • smite hip and thigh — to attack unsparingly; overwhelm with or as with blows
  • sodium hypochlorite — a pale-green, crystalline compound, NaOCl, unstable in air, soluble in cold water, decomposes in hot water: used as a bleaching agent for paper and textiles, in water purification, in household use, and as a fungicide.
  • sodium thiosulphate — a white soluble substance used, in the pentahydrate form, in photography as a fixer to dissolve unchanged silver halides and also to remove excess chlorine from chlorinated water. Formula: Na2S2O3
  • solid-state physics — the branch of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter, especially solids; the study of the electromagnetic, structural, and thermodynamic properties of solids.
  • specialized subject — a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge
  • speeding conviction — a conviction for breaking the speed limit while driving a vehicle
  • spider-hunting wasp — any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae
  • split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
  • spotted wintergreen — an evergreen plant, Chimaphila maculata, of central North America, having leaves with mottled-white veins and white, fragrant flowers.
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • standard atmosphere — an arbitrarily determined vertical distribution of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and density, assumed to have physical constants and conforming to parametric equations, used for calculations in ballistics, the design of pressure altimeters, etc.
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