12-letter words containing a, d, o, l, p
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- deoppilation — the removal of obstructions
- deoppilative — any drug which removes obstructions in the body
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dilapidation — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- diplocardiac — having the right and left sides of the heart somewhat or completely divided, as in birds and mammals.
- diploma mill — an academic institution with low standards that awards many degrees
- diplomatical — Obsolete form of diplomatic.
- diplomatists — Plural form of diplomatist.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.