12-letter words containing d, a, t, l
- nonidentical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- not half bad — very good
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- occidentally — In an occidental manner.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- odontoblasts — Plural form of odontoblast.
- old catholic — a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- optical diff — vdiff
- optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- orbital road — a highway that circles a metropolitan area; ring road
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palo cortado — a rich, dry sherry
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- party leader — a leader of a political party
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pedunculated — having a peduncle.
- petrodollars — Petrodollars are a unit of money used to calculate how much a country has earned by exporting petroleum or natural gas.
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- pilot ladder — Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- plat du jour — the special or featured dish of the day on a restaurant menu.
- plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.
- 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.
- platitudinal — platitudinous.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- pleased with — satisfied or content with