12-letter words containing d, e, p, u
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- double piece — a piece of plate armor for reinforcing or replacing a piece ordinarily used in a suit.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- 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.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- duplex house — a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.
- duplex paper — paper with a different finish or colour on each of the sides
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- full powered — (of a vessel) relying on engines for propulsion without assistance from sails.
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
- geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- ill-equipped — badly or inadequately equipped: an ill-equipped army.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- impudentness — Quality of being impudent.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.