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12-letter words containing d, a, m, p, e, r

  • media person — a person who works in the mass media
  • media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
  • median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
  • mediatorship — the position of a mediator
  • mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
  • misapprehend — to misunderstand.
  • mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
  • muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
  • name-dropper — a person who indulges in name-dropping.
  • new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
  • newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
  • normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • pamperedness — the state of being pampered
  • para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
  • parade armor — ornamented armor worn only for ceremonial purposes.
  • payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
  • period drama — a drama set in a particular historical period
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
  • preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
  • preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
  • predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
  • preformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • premedicated — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
  • premeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
  • pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
  • pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
  • reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
  • reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • reprimanding — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
  • speed camera — device that detects speeding traffic
  • spermaticide — spermicide.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
  • stamp dealer — someone who buys and sells postage stamps (to collectors)
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
  • superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
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