12-letter words containing d, i, p, a, n
- middle plane — middle distance (def 1).
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- 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.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- non-adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- 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.
- 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
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paradoxidian — relating to the genus Paradoxides
- paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
- parascending — parasailing
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
- pascal-linda — Ian Flockhart, U Edinburgh, 1991. Under development.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentapeptide — a polypeptide consisting of five amino acids
- 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
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phosphamidon — a systemic and contact insecticide, C 1 0 H 1 9 ClNO 5 P, used against beetles, aphids, mites, and other crop pests.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phytonadione — vitamin K1.
- pick and mix — a selection of sweets from which the customer can choose, paid for by weight
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- 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.
- pindaric ode — an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.