12-letter words containing s, l, e, d
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pink-slipped — (of an employee) given notice of redundancy
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- pollutedness — the state of being polluted
- polydisperse — of or noting a sol that contains particles of different sizes.
- polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
- polysyndeton — the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- postal order — money order.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
- prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- pressed felt — Pressed felt is a material made from compressed fibers and used as a filter.
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- pseudoallele — a false allele
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- pseudocoelom — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
- quasi-feudal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
- queenslander — a native or inhabitant of Queensland
- rapeseed oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- re-landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- red squirrel — a reddish squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, of North America.
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- release date — the time, as the day, part of the day, and sometimes the hour, on or at which release copy may be published or broadcast.
- relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- remedilessly — in a remediless manner, beyond remedy
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- resplendence — a resplendent quality or state; splendor.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.