12-letter words containing d, i, o, p, t
- 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
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- 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.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
- expeditation — the act of expeditating a dog
- export drive — a united effort to increase a country's exports
- expropriated — Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hyperthyroid — of, relating to, or having hyperthyroidism.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
- idiopathical — Alternative form of idiopathic.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- import trade — goods, services and products brought into a country and which were bought from another country
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- inadaptation — the state of not being adapted or the lack of adaptation
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- intercropped — Simple past tense and past participle of intercrop.