12-letter words containing d, i, p, t, e
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- meadow pipit — a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- median point — centroid (def 2).
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- medium strip — median strip.
- microprinted — printed in microprint
- middle stump — the stump inside of the leg stump and the off stump; the second of the three stumps of a wicket.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- needlepoints — Plural form of needlepoint.
- neuropeptide — any of various short-chain peptides, as endorphins, that function as neuromodulators in the nervous system and as hormones in the endocrine system.
- nondeceptive — not deceptive
- nondepleting — not depleting
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonpigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthopteroid — (zoology) Any of the insects historically included in the order Orthoptera, including the cockroaches, earwigs, praying mantises, etc.
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- 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.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- participated — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.