12-letter words containing d, a, p, h
- deemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of deemphasize.
- deemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deemphasize.
- deep therapy — radiotherapy with very penetrating short-wave radiation
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depth charge — A depth charge is a type of bomb which explodes under water and which is used especially to destroy enemy submarines.
- dermatophyte — any parasitic fungus that affects the skin
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- display hack — (graphics) A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- 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.
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- 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.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- hairpin bend — A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hand-painted — painted by a person rather than a machine
- hand-picking — to pick by hand.
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine