12-letter words containing d, i, p, n, e, l
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- pre-prandial — You use pre-prandial to refer to things you do or have before a meal.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- pretendingly — falsely
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- railroad pen — a ruling pen for drawing two parallel lines.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- simpleminded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- spindle file — a device for holding bills, memos, etc., having a projecting metal spike or hooked object on which to stick papers.
- spindle side — the female side or line of descent of a family; distaff side (opposed to spear side).
- spindle tree — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- tickled pink — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- undiscipline — the trait or characteristic of not having discipline
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
- unduplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- unprincipled — lacking or not based on moral scruples or principles: an unprincipled person; unprincipled behavior.
- unprivileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- unpublicized — not publicized, promoted, or made widely known
- unsimplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- unstipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- velocipedean — someone who rides a velocipede