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12-letter words containing d, a, p, h

  • proudhearted — full of pride.
  • 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.
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
  • pudding-head — a stupid person
  • pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • pure-hearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
  • push forward — keep advancing
  • put to death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
  • puzzleheaded — having, deriving from, or characterized by confused thoughts or ideas.
  • pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
  • quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
  • quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
  • radiographer — X-ray technician
  • radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
  • radiotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
  • reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • rhabdosphere — a minute sphere made up of rhabdoliths
  • scratchpad i — (language)   A general-purpose language originally for interactive symbolic mathematics by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of IBM Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, multiple inheritance and polymorphism. There were implementations for VM/CMS and AIX.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
  • sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
  • slap dashing — slab dashing.
  • snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
  • spatter dash — roughcast (def 1).
  • spatter-dash — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
  • spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
  • splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
  • spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
  • stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
  • supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • the departed — the dead person or dead persons
  • the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • tread a path — If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
  • unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
  • unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
  • undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
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