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11-letter words containing a, d, o, p

  • double tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
  • downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
  • downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
  • doxographer — a person who collects the opinions and conjectures of ancient Greek philosophers
  • drag-n-drop — (spelling)   Stupid spelling of drag and drop.
  • dromophobia — an irrational fear of crossing roads
  • drop a hint — If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
  • drop a line — send a message
  • drop anchor — secure a ship in place
  • drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
  • drop cannon — a shot in which the first object ball joins or gathers with the cue ball and the other object ball, esp at the top of the table
  • drop hammer — drop forge.
  • drosophilas — Plural form of drosophila.
  • dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
  • dry shampoo — a product in powder or spray form that you can use to clean hair without wetting it
  • dual ported — A term used to describe memory integrated circuits which can be accessed simultaneously via two independent address and data busses. Dual ported memory is often used in video display hardware, especially in conjunction with Video Random Access Memory (VRAM). The two ports allow the video display hardware to read memory to display the contents on screen at the same time as the CPU writes data to other areas of the same memory. In single-ported memory these two processes cannot occur simultanteously, the CPU must wait, thus resulting in slower access times. Cycle stealing is one technique used to avoid this in single-ported video memory.
  • duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
  • duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
  • dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
  • edp auditor — (job)   A person who analyses system functions and operations to determine adequate security and controls. An EDP analyst evaluates systems and operational procedures and reports findings to senior management. He writes ad hoc report programs using 4GLs and specialised audit software.
  • ellipsoidal — Alternative form of ellipsoid.
  • encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
  • encompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of encompass.
  • endophagous — relating to endophagy
  • endoplasmic — (cytology) of, or relating to endoplasm.
  • epaminondas — ?418–362 bc, Greek Theban statesman and general: defeated the Spartans at Leuctra (371) and Mantinea (362) and restored power in Greece to Thebes
  • epidiascope — An optical projector capable of giving images of both opaque and transparent objects.
  • epoxidation — (organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide.
  • escape road — a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn
  • face powder — a cosmetic powder used to give a mat finish to the face.
  • fernando po — a former name of Bioko.
  • flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
  • flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
  • flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
  • flood plain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
  • floodplains — Plural form of floodplain.
  • focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
  • food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
  • gap-toothed — having a noticeable space between two teeth.
  • gold-plated — secure, valuable
  • gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
  • grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
  • graded post — a position in a school having special responsibility for which additional payment is given
  • grand opera — a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
  • grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.
  • ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
  • haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
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