15-letter words containing p, o, n, d, l
- malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- napoleonic code — Code Napoléon
- non-capitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- nondepartmental — not limited to or related to a specific department
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- nonprecedential — Not precedential.
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
- oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
- old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
- open-ended loan — An open-ended loan is an extension of credit where money can be borrowed when you need it, and paid back on an ongoing basis, such as a credit card.
- open-pollinated — (of a flower) pollinated without human agency.
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
- operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
- opposition hold — a particular way of holding rock in mountain-climbing
- ordered n-tuple — a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
- ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
- overdevelopment — Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.
- ozone depletion — harmful effects to the ozone layer
- paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
- palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
- pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
- pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
- peroxide blonde — You can refer to a woman whose hair has been artificially been made lighter in colour as a peroxide blonde, especially when you want to show that you disapprove of this, or that you think her hair looks unnatural or unattractive.
- personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
- phoenix islands — a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles). The islands and surrounding waters form the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area. Area: 410 500 sq km (158 500 sq miles)
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- planned economy — an economic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.
- platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
- platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
- point d'alencon — Alençon lace (def 1).
- point-and-click — of or denoting an interface with which the user typically interacts by using a mouse to move the cursor and then clicking on a screen object.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
- post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- 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).
- profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- propionaldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.