12-letter words containing d, e, p, t
- dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- dispensement — Dispensation (handing out or distribution).
- dispersement — Misspelling of disbursement.
- dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- dispiritment — the state of being dispirited
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- display type — type larger than body type, used in headings, advertisements, etc.
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- dissepiments — Plural form of dissepiment.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- 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.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- dripping wet — If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you.
- 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.
- 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.
- dumper truck — A dumper truck is the same as a dump truck.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- 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.
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- 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
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encaptivated — Simple past tense and past participle of encaptivate.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- epididymitis — (pathology) inflammation of the epididymis.
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
- expectedness — The state or quality of being expected.
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.