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13-letter words containing r, u, d, a

  • outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
  • outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
  • outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
  • outward bound — (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
  • outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
  • over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • over-educated — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
  • overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • overenamoured — excessively fond
  • overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • oversaturated — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • pao de acucar — Portuguese name of Sugarloaf Mountain.
  • parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
  • 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
  • partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
  • pedal pushers — women's short trousers
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • pharaoh hound — one of a breed of medium-sized gazehounds with a smooth coat, red to tan in color with white markings, and erect ears.
  • piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plug and pray — (humour)   The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • 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.
  • potter around — If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • prejudicative — tending to prejudge
  • prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • 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.
  • private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • 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
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
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