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16-letter words containing s, a, d

  • pierce's disease — a disease of grapes caused by a rickettsialike organism, characterized by dwarfing of vines, mottling of woody tissues, and plant death.
  • pins and needles — a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.
  • play one's cards — to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)
  • pleased as punch — the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
  • pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
  • poisoned chalice — If you refer to a job or an opportunity as a poisoned chalice, you mean that it seems to be very attractive but you believe it will lead to failure.
  • polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
  • ponderosa (pine) — a yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) of W North America, valued for its timber
  • portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
  • posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
  • potassium iodide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KI, having a bitter saline taste: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions, as a laboratory reagent, in the preparation of Gram's solution for biological staining, and in medicine as an expectorant and to treat thyroid conditions.
  • predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
  • prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
  • pressure-treated — (of wood) treated with a chemical or chemicals applied under pressure to reduce such problems as insect infestation, decay, and rotting.
  • prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • preunderstanding — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
  • price leadership — the setting of the price of a product or service by a dominant firm at a level that competitors can match, in order to avoid a price war
  • primary industry — an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
  • printer's reader — a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors
  • pseudo-isidorian — of or relating to the collection of documents of the 9th century a.d. that consist chiefly of the Decretals, attributed to Isidore, archbishop of Seville, a.d. 600–36, and that were rejected as spurious in the 15th century.
  • pseudo-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • pseudo-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • pseudo-spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • pseudocopulation — pollination of plants, esp orchids, by male insects while attempting to mate with flowers that resemble the female insect
  • pseudohemophilia — a clotting disorder caused by abnormal factor VIII activity, and characterized by a prolonged bleeding time but without the delayed coagulation time of hemophilia.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
  • pseudoperipteral — having a freestanding colonnade at each end, with engaged columns at the sides.
  • psychic distance — the degree of emotional detachment maintained toward a person, group of people, event, etc.
  • pullorum disease — a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea.
  • pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
  • punitive damages — law: penalty payment
  • purple sandpiper — a sandpiper, Calidris maritima, of arctic regions of the New and Old World, having in winter a slate-gray back with purplish reflections.
  • put in the shade — to appear better than (another); surpass
  • qin shi huang di — Ch'in Shih Huang Ti.
  • quasi-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • quasi-diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
  • radial (arm) saw — a circular saw suspended from a pivoted horizontal arm along which it can be moved
  • radial paralysis — paralysis of a forelimb as a result of loss of function of the radial nerve, usually following traumatic injury
  • radiation levels — the levels of the emission or transfer of radiant energy or the levels of the particles emitted in the transfer of radiant energy, esp the particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • radioimmunoassay — a test procedure that integrates immunologic and radiolabeling techniques to measure minute quantities of a substance, as a protein, hormone, or drug, in a given sample of body fluid or tissue.
  • radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
  • radiotransparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).
  • radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
  • railroad station — railway station, train stop
  • ramsden eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex crown-glass lenses of equal focal length, placed with the convex sides facing each other and with a separation between the lenses of about two-thirds of the focal length of each.
  • ranelagh gardens — a public garden in Chelsea opened in 1742: a centre for members of fashionable society to meet and promenade. The gardens were closed in 1804
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