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

  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
  • pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
  • pre-discussed — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • pressure drag — the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
  • pressure head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • pressure-feed — a system in which the supply of material is maintained by applied pressure
  • pride's purge — the forceful exclusion from the House of Commons, carried out by Col. Thomas Pride in December 1648, of about 100 members who favored compromise with the Royalist party.
  • private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
  • product costs — Product costs are costs that can be directly associated with a particular product, such as manufacturing and sales costs.
  • provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • pseudesthesia — phantom limb pain.
  • pseudisodomic — (of ashlar) composed of stones having the same length, laid in courses of different heights.
  • pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
  • pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • pseudo-poetic — of or relating to a poet or poets.
  • pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
  • pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • pseudoscience — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • pudding basin — A pudding basin is a deep round bowl that is used in the kitchen, especially for mixing or for cooking puddings.
  • pudding stone — conglomerate (def 3).
  • pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
  • pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadriphonics — quadraphony.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
  • self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
  • shutter speed — speed (def 5b).
  • snuff-dipping — the practice of absorbing nicotine by holding in one's mouth, between the cheek and the gum, a small amount of tobacco, either loose or enclosed in a sachet
  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • soundproofing — materials used to make something soundproof
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