17-letter words containing p, o, d, e
- thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
- to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
- to keep your head — If you keep your head, you remain calm in a difficult situation. If you lose your head, you panic or do not remain calm in a difficult situation.
- to open your mind — If something opens your mind to new ideas or experiences, it makes you more willing to accept them or try them.
- to play the field — If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
- tolpuddle martyrs — six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset
- triskaidekaphobia — fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
- tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics.
- uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
- video disk player — a device that reads the information on a video disc
- war correspondent — a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.
- wedding reception — party after a marriage
- well-accomplished — completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
- well-photographed — a picture produced by photography.
- well-proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- wild sweet potato — man-of-the-earth.
- without prejudice — fairly
- wood preservative — a coating applied to timber as a protection against decay, insects, weather, etc
- yield the palm to — to acknowledge the superiority of; admit to defeat by
- yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.
- zero-coupon bonds — Zero-coupon bonds are bonds with no coupons that do not pay interest, and are sold at a large discount from their face value.