12-letter words containing d, e, p, r
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- dress parade — a formal parade of sufficient ceremonial importance for the wearing of dress uniform
- dripping wet — If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dropped sole — a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dumper truck — A dumper truck is the same as a dump truck.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- duplex paper — paper with a different finish or colour on each of the sides
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- 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.
- eden prairie — a town in SE Minnesota.
- eden project — an environmental complex containing the world's largest greenhouse, built in a disused clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall, to study plant populations in a variety of environments
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endoperoxide — one of the substances formed in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- experimented — Simple past tense and past participle of experiment.
- export drive — a united effort to increase a country's exports
- export trade — the area of business or industry concerned with the export of goods or services
- expropriated — Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- fernando póo — Bioko
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- floppy drive — disk drive
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.