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12-letter words containing i, d, e, o, p

  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
  • pigeon blood — dark red.
  • pilot ladder — Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
  • pindaric ode — an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.
  • pirate radio — radio broadcasting illegally
  • pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
  • plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
  • plerocercoid — the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult.
  • pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
  • pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
  • poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
  • point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
  • point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
  • point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
  • policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
  • polydisperse — of or noting a sol that contains particles of different sizes.
  • polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
  • polypeptidic — relating to a polypeptide
  • polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
  • polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
  • pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
  • poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
  • porthole die — a die having several openings for the extrusion of separate parts of an object later formed by the welding or fusing together of these parts.
  • possessioned — having possessions
  • postaccident — occurring after an accident
  • postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
  • postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
  • power-driven — powered by an electric motor
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
  • preconceived — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
  • precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
  • prediscovery — a previous discovery
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