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13-letter words containing u, d, p

  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
  • platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
  • platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
  • platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
  • plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
  • plug and play — (sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.
  • plug and pray — (humour)   The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
  • plug-and-play — Plug-and-play is used to describe computer equipment, for example a printer, that is ready to use immediately when you connect it to a computer.
  • point d'appui — a support or prop
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • pop-down menu — pull-down menu
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • potter around — If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
  • pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • pre-discussed — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • prejudicative — tending to prejudge
  • prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
  • pressure drag — the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
  • pressure head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • pressure-feed — a system in which the supply of material is maintained by applied pressure
  • pride's purge — the forceful exclusion from the House of Commons, carried out by Col. Thomas Pride in December 1648, of about 100 members who favored compromise with the Royalist party.
  • private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • product costs — Product costs are costs that can be directly associated with a particular product, such as manufacturing and sales costs.
  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
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