12-letter words containing d, i, p, r
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- gypsy driver — the driver of a gypsy cab
- hairpin bend — A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hidropoiesis — the production of sweat.
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- hit pay dirt — to discover a source of wealth, success, etc.
- horned viper — a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydromorphic — of or relating to soil having characteristics that are developed when there is excess water all or part of the time.
- hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hyperexcited — Very highly excited.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- hyperthyroid — of, relating to, or having hyperthyroidism.
- hypochloride — Misspelling of hypochlorite.
- hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypohidrosis — abnormally diminished sweating.
- 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
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.