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14-letter words containing p, o, d, e

  • palaeopedology — the study of ancient soils
  • panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
  • pantomime dame — an exaggerated comedic female character in a pantomime played by a male actor
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • parish records — historical documents of a district
  • parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • pas de bourree — a short running step.
  • passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
  • pay one's dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
  • pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
  • penalty double — business double.
  • pentanoic acid — colourless liquid carboxylic acid
  • perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
  • period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
  • periodic group — (database)   (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • periodontology — periodontics.
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • photoduplicate — photocopy.
  • photoelectrode — an electrode that, following the absorption of light, can initialize electrochemical transformations
  • photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
  • photooxidative — of or relating to photooxidation
  • photoperiodism — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
  • photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
  • photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
  • pickled onions — onions which have been preserved in vinegar or brine
  • picture editor — someone whose job is to deal with the photographs and illustrations for a newspaper or magazine
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
  • pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
  • piston-engined — powered by a piston engine
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • plaza de toros — a bullring.
  • plumbous oxide — litharge.
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • pocket edition — pocketbook (def 3).
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
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