12-letter words containing e, p, r, i
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- derived type — (programming) A type constructed from primitive types or other derived types using a type constructor function. This term is usually applied to procedural languages such as C or Ada. C's derived types are the array, function, pointer, structure, and union. Compare derived class.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- diet pyramid — food pyramid (def 2).
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- diphtheritic — pertaining to diphtheria.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- 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.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- 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
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dispossessor — One who dispossesses.
- dispreferred — Simple past tense and past participle of disprefer.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- disprivilege — to deprive of privilege
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership