16-letter words containing p, o, l, e, d
- household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hyperchlorhydria — excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hyperlipoidaemia — Alt form hyperlipoidemia.
- hypoaeolian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E, with the final on A.
- induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
- isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- ladies'-eardrops — lady's-earrings.
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- land-poor farmer — a farmer who owns much unprofitable land and lacks the money to maintain its fertility or improve it
- leaps and bounds — You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
- lodgepole (pine) — a Rocky Mountain pine (Pinus contorta) used for lumber, poles, etc.
- lopez de legazpe — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1510?–72, Spanish conqueror and colonizer of the Philippines 1565: founder of Manila 1571.
- lord proprietary — (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
- macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
- neurodevelopment — The development of the nervous system during the life of an organism.
- non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- opposed-cylinder — (of an internal-combustion engine) having cylinders on opposite sides of the crankcase in the same plane
- outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
- padded shoulders — (on a garment) shoulders lined, stuffed, or filled out with soft material, esp in order to give them a higher or wider shape
- palmitoleic acid — a colorless, unsaturated fatty acid, C 1 6 H 3 0 O 2 , occurring in oils and fats of plants and animals.
- panel discussion — a formal discussion before an audience for which the topic, speakers, etc., have been selected in advance.
- paraformaldehyde — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- parallelepipedon — a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pays de la loire — a region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay: generally low-lying, drained by the River Loire and its tributaries; agricultural
- pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
- percussion drill — a drill that is operated by percussion
- perforated ulcer — an ulcer that bursts through the stomach wall and leaks food and gastric juices into the abdominal cavity
- periodic decimal — repeating decimal.
- personal details — details about a person such as their name and address
- phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- play a lone hand — to operate without assistance
- play one's cards — to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).