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12-letter words containing d, i, l, a, p

  • lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
  • leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
  • lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
  • lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
  • liar paradox — a logical paradox that results from consideration of statements of the form “This statement is false.” If the statement is true, then it is false, whereas if it is false, then it is true.
  • linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
  • lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
  • liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
  • loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
  • magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
  • malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
  • media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
  • median plane — a vertical plane that divides an organism into symmetrical halves.
  • middle plane — middle distance (def 1).
  • mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
  • monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
  • multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
  • nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
  • old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
  • olla podrida — a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
  • optical diff — vdiff
  • optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
  • optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • 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.
  • palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
  • pale-skinned — having pale skin
  • paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
  • 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.
  • palm islands — a group of three man-made island systems under construction just off the shore in Dubai, each in the shape of a palm tree
  • paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
  • panty girdle — women's control pants
  • para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
  • paradisaical — paradisiacal.
  • paradisiacal — of, like, or befitting paradise.
  • particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • pascal-linda — Ian Flockhart, U Edinburgh, 1991. Under development.
  • pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
  • peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
  • pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • pedicellaria — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
  • periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
  • periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
  • personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personalized — customized
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