12-letter words containing c, o, d, e
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcoloured — excessively coloured
- overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overdecorate — To decorate or embellish to an excessive degree.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdocument — to document excessively
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
- overfocussed — too focussed
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- 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).
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
- 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.
- peace accord — an official agreement to come to peace or end conflict
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
- period piece — something, as a novel, painting, or building, of interest or value primarily because it evokes or epitomizes a particular period of history.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- photocathode — a cathode, typically of a cesium or sodium compound, having the property of emitting electrons when activated by light or other radiation.
- photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- pindaric ode — an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- plerocercoid — the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult.
- pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
- point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.