12-letter words containing a, d, p, t, o, r
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- export trade — the area of business or industry concerned with the export of goods or services
- expropriated — Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate.
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- forward post — the position held by a soldier on the forward line
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- host adaptor — SCSI adaptor
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the curative use of water.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- import trade — goods, services and products brought into a country and which were bought from another country
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- odontophoran — a member of the family Odontophora
- open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palo cortado — a rich, dry sherry
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
- pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants