12-letter words containing d, o, i, l
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- olla podrida — a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
- online media — Acorn Online Media
- optical diff — vdiff
- optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- orbital road — a highway that circles a metropolitan area; ring road
- ordinary lay — the form of lay found in a cable-laid rope
- oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- outside line — an external telephone connection
- 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.
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
- overinvolved — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pend oreille — a river in NE Washington, N Idaho, and SE British Columbia, flowing NW to the Columbia River. 130 miles (209 km) long.
- peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- philodendron — a tropical American climbing plant belonging to the genus Philodendron, of the arum family, usually having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, often used as an ornamental houseplant.
- philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide