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12-letter words containing d, i, p, r

  • derived type — (programming)   A type constructed from primitive types or other derived types using a type constructor function. This term is usually applied to procedural languages such as C or Ada. C's derived types are the array, function, pointer, structure, and union. Compare derived class.
  • dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
  • dermographia — dermatographia.
  • dermographic — dermatographia.
  • desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
  • descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
  • despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
  • desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
  • deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
  • devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
  • diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
  • diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
  • dicarpellary — having two carpels
  • dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
  • dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
  • diet pyramid — food pyramid (def 2).
  • dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
  • dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
  • dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
  • dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
  • diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
  • diphtheritic — pertaining to diphtheria.
  • diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
  • diplocardiac — having the right and left sides of the heart somewhat or completely divided, as in birds and mammals.
  • diprionidian — (of a graptolite) with a row of cellules or serrations on both sides
  • dipropellant — bipropellant.
  • dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
  • direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
  • directorship — a person or thing that directs.
  • disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
  • disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
  • discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
  • disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
  • discographic — of or relating to a discography
  • discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
  • discorporate — Having no material body.
  • discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
  • disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
  • disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
  • disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
  • dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
  • dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
  • dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
  • disperse dye — any of the class of slightly water-soluble dyes dispersed in aqueous solution for dyeing synthetic textile fibers.
  • dispersement — Misspelling of disbursement.
  • dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
  • dispiritment — the state of being dispirited
  • disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
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