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

  • dairy products — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
  • decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
  • default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
  • depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • diaphanousness — The quality of being diaphanous.
  • diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
  • dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
  • direct product — a group, or other such system, every element of which can be written uniquely as the product of elements of disjoint groups, with each group contributing one element to the product.
  • dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
  • disputatiously — In a disputatious manner.
  • do you suppose — You can use 'do you suppose' to introduce a question when you want someone to give their opinion about something, although you know that they are unlikely to have any more knowledge or information about it than you.
  • door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
  • dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • drop-down menu — pull-down menu
  • drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
  • dumping ground — dump (def 17).
  • dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
  • duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
  • enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
  • equiponderance — The state of being equal in weight; equipoise.
  • equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
  • equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
  • fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
  • founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
  • frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
  • fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
  • garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
  • groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
  • gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
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