15-letter words containing u, d, a, i, p
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- pseudo-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudo-suicidal — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united
- pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
- pseudoparalysis — the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
- pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
- pure and simple — sheer, utter
- push up daisies — any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- put paid to sth — If an unexpected event puts paid to someone's hopes, chances, or plans, it completely ends or destroys them.
- quadripartition — A division into four parts.
- quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quasi-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- radioautography — autoradiography.
- radiophosphorus — phosphorus 32.
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
- rudyard kipling — (Joseph) Rudyard [ruhd-yerd] /ˈrʌd yərd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
- special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- studio portrait — a photograph of a person taken in a studio
- suicide attempt — bid to kill oneself
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- superindividual — greater than the individual
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
- tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- undisappointing — not disappointing
- undisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or controlled
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- upper east side — a section of the East Side of New York City, conventionally between 57th Street and 96th Street, known for its affluence.
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- vincent de paul — Saint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.