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15-letter words containing p, u, d, e

  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • keyboard plaque — (jargon)   The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
  • landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
  • leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
  • lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • medium-fine pen — a pen with a fairly small point
  • mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
  • modulo operator — (mathematics)   (mod) The operator that returns the remainder after integer division of its first argument by its second. Written as "%" in C and some other languages. Where the second argument is a power of two, the result can be calculated much more quickly using bitwise and with the appropriate bit-mask.
  • moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
  • most up-to-date — in accordance with the latest or newest ideas, standards, techniques, styles, etc.; modern.
  • mouse droppings — 1.   (graphics, operating system, jargon)   Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2.   (web, jargon)   The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
  • multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • multiple-valued — many-valued.
  • mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
  • neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
  • nil desperandum — never despair
  • non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
  • non-interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
  • non-repudiation — the act of repudiating.
  • noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
  • nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
  • nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
  • nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
  • nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
  • odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
  • oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
  • openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
  • 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)
  • outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
  • over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
  • overexpenditure — the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
  • painted bunting — a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.
  • pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
  • parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
  • partial denture — an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
  • pastel-coloured — pale-coloured; in a shade such as pink or pale blue
  • peak production — the maximum production
  • pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
  • pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
  • penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
  • pendulum effect — Also called pendulum law. Physics. a law, discovered by Galileo in 1602, that describes the regular, swinging motion of a pendulum by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
  • perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
  • piano reduction — a musical score having the parts condensed or simplified in two staves, to render the music playable on the piano by one person.
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