12-letter words containing d, i, r, t
- predetermine — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- premedicated — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- premeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- presidentess — a female president
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- pretendingly — falsely
- pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
- printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- prodigiosity — the state or quality of being immense, extraordinary or astonishing
- proditorious — traitorous
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- protoduction — (jargon) A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
- pteridosperm — seed fern.
- pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- put in order — arrange correctly
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- radiant heat — heat energy transmitted by electromagnetic waves in contrast to heat transmitted by conduction or convection.
- radiata pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to the western USA. but grown in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to produce building timber
- radiator cap — a cap in the opening of a device for cooling an internal-combustion engine, through which coolant liquid can be added
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- radiesthesia — the ability to sense energy forces or radiation, esp from the human body
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.