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11-letter words containing p, u, d, s, e

  • ineptitudes — Plural form of ineptitude.
  • jumpstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of jumpstart.
  • krugersdorp — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa, NW of Johannesburg.
  • loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
  • mispersuade — to persuade wrongly
  • mudskippers — Plural form of mudskipper.
  • mudspringer — mudskipper.
  • oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
  • outspeeding — Present participle of outspeed.
  • outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
  • oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
  • parasuicide — the deliberate infliction of injury on oneself or the taking of a drug overdose as an attempt at suicide which may not be intended to be successful
  • pas de deux — a dance by two persons.
  • pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
  • pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
  • pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
  • pedetentous — progressing gradually; proceeding cautiously
  • pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
  • pediococcus — any of several spherical, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Pediococcus, producing acid and clouding in beer and wort.
  • pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
  • pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
  • peridesmium — the membrane of cellular tissue surrounding a ligament
  • persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
  • petropounds — the multiples of the British pound as regarded in terms of income derived from petroleum
  • phd student — a person who is studying for a PhD
  • piped music — Piped music is recorded music which is played in some supermarkets, restaurants, and other public places.
  • polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
  • ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • preschedule — taking place ahead of schedule
  • pressurized — brought to and maintained at an atmospheric pressure higher than that of the surroundings: cooking with pressurized steam.
  • prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
  • proud flesh — granulation tissue.
  • pseudo-code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
  • pseudoedema — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
  • pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
  • pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
  • pseudologue — a person who suffers from pseudologia
  • pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
  • pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
  • pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
  • pseudophone — an instrument for producing illusory auditory localization by changing the relationship between the receptor and the actual direction of the sound.
  • pseudopodal — (of protozoans) belonging to the former division Pseudopoda
  • pseudopodia — pseudopod.
  • pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
  • pseudoscope — an optical instrument for producing an image in which the depth or relief of an object is reversed.
  • pseudoscopy — the use of a pseudoscope.
  • puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
  • pulse radar — a radar system using pulse modulation
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