12-letter words containing d, e, p, s, t, r
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- interspersed — to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
- interspliced — Simple past tense and past participle of intersplice.
- intrepidness — resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- jeu d'esprit — a witticism.
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- medium strip — median strip.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- 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.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- pericarditis — inflammation of the pericardium.
- 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.
- periodontist — a specialist in periodontics.
- petrodollars — Petrodollars are a unit of money used to calculate how much a country has earned by exporting petroleum or natural gas.
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- phosphoreted — phosphureted.
- phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- photo spread — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
- picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
- point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
- postal order — money order.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard