12-letter words containing a, d, p, t
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- display type — type larger than body type, used in headings, advertisements, etc.
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- dissipations — Plural form of dissipation.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- do your part — contribute
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- 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.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encaptivated — Simple past tense and past participle of encaptivate.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- expediential — Governed by expediency; seeking advantage.
- expeditation — the act of expeditating a dog
- export trade — the area of business or industry concerned with the export of goods or services
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- expropriated — Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.