12-letter words containing a, d, p
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypothecated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothecate.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- idiopathical — Alternative form of idiopathic.
- ill-prepared — badly or inadequately prepared or trained: ill-prepared job applicants; The hotel was ill-prepared for so many guests.
- imidacloprid — The insecticide 1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine used to control fleas in domestic pets.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impedimental — Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperialised — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialise.
- imperialized — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialize.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- import trade — goods, services and products brought into a country and which were bought from another country
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- 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.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inadaptation — the state of not being adapted or the lack of adaptation
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- indianapolis — Robert (Robert Clarke) born 1928, U.S. painter of pop art.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indo-pacific — of or relating to the areas of the Indian and Pacific oceans off the coast of SE Asia.
- interpleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of interplead.
- interpleader — a party who interpleads.
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- lampadomancy — a method of divination by studying the carbon deposits left by a burning lamp or candle
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- landed price — the price when delivered
- landing flap — a flap in the undersurface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, capable of being moved downward to increase either lift or drag or both, as for landing. Compare split flap (def 1).
- landing page — a web page that a user is directed to after clicking on an external hyperlink, often a page designed especially for marketing purposes: Their landing page asks for your email address and automatically enters you into a $1,000 cash drawing.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.