12-letter words containing d, e, c, o, i, t
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
- point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- polypeptidic — relating to a polypeptide
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach
- radiomimetic — (of drugs) producing effects similar to those produced by X-rays
- re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- reciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- redecoration — something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment: The gymnasium was adorned with posters and crepe-paper decorations for the dance.
- rededication — the act of dedicating.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- redwood city — a city in W California.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- retrodiction — the act or result of retrodicting
- retrodictive — of or relating to retrodicting or retrodiction
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- sixty-second — next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.