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13-letter words containing p, u, d, s

  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • ground troops — soldiers positioned on the ground
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
  • hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
  • hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
  • isospondylous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), an order of soft-finned teleost fishes that includes the herring, salmon, trout, and pike
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • jurisprudence — the science or philosophy of law.
  • lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
  • lord's supper — the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist.
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • mispronounced — Said wrongly.
  • multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
  • neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
  • nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
  • nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
  • nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
  • paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
  • pas de basque — a step in which the dancer swings one foot to the side, springs onto it, and swings the other foot against it.
  • passamaquoddy — a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
  • peace studies — a field of political science which examines how to reduce conflicts
  • pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
  • pedal pushers — women's short trousers
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
  • platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
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