12-letter words containing d, e, a, s, p, o
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- epidiascopes — Plural form of epidiascope.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- 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
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
- leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.