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13-letter words containing s, h, e, p, d, o

  • metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
  • moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • phase encoded — (storage)   (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phonendoscope — an instrument that amplifies small sounds, esp within the human body
  • phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
  • phosphoretted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
  • phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
  • physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
  • piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
  • polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • posix threads — (programming)   (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
  • pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
  • sophisticated — sophisticated.
  • sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
  • spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
  • spider orchid — any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys, esp O. sphegodes, having a flower with yellow, green, or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip
  • spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • the oppressed — people who are subjugated by cruelty, force, etc
  • the-possessed — a novel (1871) by Dostoevsky.
  • unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
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