12-letter words containing i, p, a, d
- spit-roasted — cooked on a spit
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- standpattism — belief in or the practice of resisting or refusing to accept change, especially in politics.
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- sudoriparous — producing or secreting sweat.
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- tape editing — the process of putting the various segments of a master video or audio tape into a predetermined sequence: usually done electronically.
- top and tail — method of washing a baby
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- trial period — time during which sth can be evaluated
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- twitterpated — excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
- typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undissipated — indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
- unduplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- united party — (formerly, in South Africa) the major opposition party, founded by General Smuts in 1934: the official Opposition in Parliament from 1948, the party was disbanded in 1977
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- unpredicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- unsaponified — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.