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15-letter words containing p, o, s, t, a, d

  • iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
  • mashed potatoes — potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft pulpy mass
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
  • misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
  • monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
  • most up-to-date — in accordance with the latest or newest ideas, standards, techniques, styles, etc.; modern.
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • non-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • occipitomastoid — (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones.
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • opinionatedness — The state or condition of being opinionated.
  • outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
  • outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
  • passport holder — a person who has a passport
  • pastel-coloured — pale-coloured; in a shade such as pink or pale blue
  • photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
  • platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
  • point-and-shoot — of or denoting a camera that does not require manual adjustment of shutter speed, focus, aperture, etc.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • postirradiation — occurring after or due to irradiation
  • potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
  • prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • 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.
  • pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
  • pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
  • 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.
  • radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
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