15-letter words containing p, u, d, s
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hydrosulphurous — relating to or derived from hydrosulphurous acid
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- i don't suppose — You can say 'I don't suppose' as a way of introducing a polite request.
- indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- 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.
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- 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
- nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
- 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
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- paid-in surplus — surplus paid in by purchasers of stock certificates sold at a premium.
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- pastel-coloured — pale-coloured; in a shade such as pink or pale blue
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
- platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- post-production — In film and television, post-production is the work such as editing that takes place after the film has been shot.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- postdivestiture — taking place after divestiture
- pound one's ear — to sleep
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
- primordial soup — the seas and atmosphere as they existed on earth before the existence of life, consisting primarily of an oxygen-free gaseous mixture containing chiefly water, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.