11-letter words containing s, a, r, d
- oxford bags — trousers with very wide baggy legs, originally popular in the 1920s
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- paediatrics — Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- pancarditis — inflammation of the entire heart: the pericardium, myocardium, and endocardium.
- parade rest — a position assumed by a soldier or sailor in which the feet are 12 inches (30.48 cm) apart, the hands are clasped behind the back, and the head is held motionless and facing forward.
- paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
- parascender — a person who takes part in parascending
- parasuicide — the deliberate infliction of injury on oneself or the taking of a drug overdose as an attempt at suicide which may not be intended to be successful
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- paris daisy — marguerite (def 1).
- parotiditis — inflammation of a parotid.
- parson bird — tui.
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- pass around — distribute, circulate
- pass degree — (in English universities) an ordinary bachelor's degree conferred without honors.
- pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- personal ad — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- pre-address — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- predeceased — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
- prediabetes — a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- prestandard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- propagandas — information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
- prosauropod — a herbivorous dinosaur of the Triassic and early Jurassic periods
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- pulse radar — a radar system using pulse modulation
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.