12-letter words containing d, i, a, t
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- participated — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentapeptide — a polypeptide consisting of five amino acids
- pericarditis — inflammation of the pericardium.
- peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
- phosphatidic — of or relating to a phosphatide
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phytonadione — vitamin K1.
- picture card — face card
- pied a terre — a residence, as an apartment, for part-time or temporary use.
- pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- pied-a-terre — a residence, as an apartment, for part-time or temporary use.
- pilot ladder — Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- pirate radio — radio broadcasting illegally
- plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.
- platitudinal — platitudinous.
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
- 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.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.