15-letter words containing p, o, d, u
- primordial soup — the seas and atmosphere as they existed on earth before the existence of life, consisting primarily of an oxygen-free gaseous mixture containing chiefly water, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- production line — an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line1 (def 29).
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- protonephridium — a tubular, excretory structure in certain invertebrates, as flatworms, rotifers, and some larvae, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pseudo-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- pseudo-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudo-solution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- pseudo-suicidal — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united
- pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
- pseudoephedrine — a dextrorotatory, isomeric compound, C 1 0 H 1 5 NO, used as a nasal decongestant.
- pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
- pseudonephritis — a condition, thought to be benign, in which microscopic amounts of blood and protein are present in the urine, occurring commonly among athletes after strenuous exercise.
- pseudoparalysis — the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- pseudoscientist — a person who practises pseudoscience or who falsely assumes the title of scientist
- pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
- pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
- pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
- purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
- put a damper on — To put a damper on something means to have an effect on it which stops it being as enjoyable or as successful as it should be.
- put paid to sth — If an unexpected event puts paid to someone's hopes, chances, or plans, it completely ends or destroys them.
- put sb to death — If someone is put to death, they are executed.
- quadripartition — A division into four parts.
- quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quarter pounder — A quarter pounder is a hamburger that weighs four ounces before it is cooked. Four ounces is a quarter of a pound.
- question period — a period of time set aside each day for members of parliament to question government ministers
- radioautography — autoradiography.
- radiophosphorus — phosphorus 32.
- record producer — sb who manages music recordings
- refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
- reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- riviere-du-loup — a city in SE Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- rod pumped well — A rod pumped well is a well with a nodding donkey to remove fluid mechanically.
- round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.
- sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
- saturated vapor — a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.