12-letter words containing a, p, e, n, i
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
- dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- domino paper — a marbleized or figured decorative paper, used for wallpaper, end papers, etc., printed from wood blocks and colored by hand.
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
- ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- eating apple — apple suitable for eating raw
- eden prairie — a town in SE Minnesota.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elephantitis — (US) misconstruction of elephantiasis.
- emancipating — Present participle of emancipate.
- emancipation — The fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emancipatrix — A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.
- empassionate — intensely affected
- en papillote — (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil
- enamel paint — a type of paint that has a very hard and shiny finish once it is dry
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- encaptivated — Simple past tense and past participle of encaptivate.
- encaptivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encaptivate.
- encephalitic — Of or pertaining to encephalitis.