12-letter words containing d, s, p
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- diplomatists — Plural form of diplomatist.
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- dipsomaniacs — Plural form of dipsomaniac.
- dipsy-doodle — a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- disciplinant — a person belonging to a former order of flagellants in Spain
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- disciplining — Present participle of discipline.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discomposing — Present participle of discompose.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- dismal swamp — a swamp in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina. About 30 miles (48 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1500 sq. km).
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
- dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- dispensement — Dispensation (handing out or distribution).
- disperse dye — any of the class of slightly water-soluble dyes dispersed in aqueous solution for dyeing synthetic textile fibers.
- dispersement — Misspelling of disbursement.
- dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- dispiritment — the state of being dispirited
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- display case — glass box, cabinet
- display hack — (graphics) A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
- display pack — an empty box, etc, on a shop shelf, advertising a piece of merchandise that, due to its value or size, is not stored on the shelf. The display pack is normally taken to the till and there exchanged, on payment, for the actual item
- display type — type larger than body type, used in headings, advertisements, etc.
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased