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13-letter words containing s, d, p

  • gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • good shepherd — Jesus Christ. John 10:11–14.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • graphics card — graphics adaptor
  • ground troops — soldiers positioned on the ground
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
  • haphazardness — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
  • hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
  • hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
  • hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
  • hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
  • heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
  • hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • high-spending — spending more than is necessary or appropriate
  • high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
  • hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.
  • histiophoroid — of or relating to the sailfish
  • hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • hyperhidrosis — abnormally excessive sweating.
  • hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
  • ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
  • idealized csp — (language)   A programming language combining simply typed, call-by-name procedures with asynchronous communicating processes, assuming fair parallel execution. Idealized CSP generalises Anthony Hoare's original CSP and Kahn's networks of deterministic processes, and is closely related to Parallel Algol by Stephen Brookes of CMU. Procedures permit the encapsulation of common protocols and parallel programming idioms. Local variables and local channel declarations provide a way to delimit the scope of interference between parallel agents, and allow a form of concurrent object-oriented programming.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • in despite of — in spite of
  • in good shape — person: fit, healthy
  • indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
  • indian physic — American ipecac.
  • indiscerpible — (obsolete) Not discerpible; inseparable.
  • indisciplined — Alternative form of undisciplined.
  • indispensable — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • indispensably — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • indispensible — Misspelling of indispensable.
  • indisposition — state of being indisposed.
  • insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
  • interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
  • isodimorphism — isomorphism between the forms of two dimorphous substances.
  • isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
  • isospondylous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), an order of soft-finned teleost fishes that includes the herring, salmon, trout, and pike
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
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