12-letter words containing p, u, d, s, e
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudonymous — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
- pseudopodium — pseudopod.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- pseudoscheme — A translator from Scheme to Common Lisp by Jonathan Rees <[email protected]>. Version 2.8. It conforms to all of R3RS except call/cc and requires Common Lisp. Runs on Lucid, Symbolics CL, VAX Lisp, Explorer CL. Mailing list: [email protected]
- pseudosphere — a surface generated by revolving a tractrix about its asymptote.
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- puy de sancy — a mountain in S central France: highest peak of the Monts Dore. Height: 1886 m (6188 ft)
- quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
- quickstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of quickstep.
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
- semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- spade guinea — a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III
- speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spirit guide — type of mystical guardian
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
- sunnyside up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
- super-exceed — to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.: to exceed the speed limit.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.