12-letter words containing d, r, i, p
- ill-prepared — badly or inadequately prepared or trained: ill-prepared job applicants; The hotel was ill-prepared for so many guests.
- ill-tempered — bad or irritable disposition.
- imidacloprid — The insecticide 1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine used to control fleas in domestic pets.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperialised — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialise.
- imperialized — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialize.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- implied term — a term which is not written in a contract but to which it is necessary to comply with or adhere to
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- import trade — goods, services and products brought into a country and which were bought from another country
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- intercropped — Simple past tense and past participle of intercrop.
- interpleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of interplead.
- interpleader — a party who interpleads.
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interpretted — (comparatively rare) Simple past tense and past participle of interpret.
- interspersed — to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
- interspliced — Simple past tense and past participle of intersplice.
- intrepidness — resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- isopropoxide — (chemistry) The univalent anion derived from isopropanol by removal of the hydroxy hydrogen atom; and salt containing this anion.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- jeu d'esprit — a witticism.
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.
- kindred-ship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- landed price — the price when delivered
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- liar paradox — a logical paradox that results from consideration of statements of the form “This statement is false.” If the statement is true, then it is false, whereas if it is false, then it is true.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
- liopleurodon — Any of the genus Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- london pride — a saxifragaceous plant, a hybrid between Saxifraga spathularis and S. umbrosa, having a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.