12-letter words containing m, i, d, p
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dissepiments — Plural form of dissepiment.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
- domino paper — a marbleized or figured decorative paper, used for wallpaper, end papers, etc., printed from wood blocks and colored by hand.
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dyslipidemia — (medicine) an inbalance of lipids (especially cholesterol) in the blood; hypercholesterolemia.
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- epidemically — In the manner of an epidemic.
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- epididymides — Plural form of epididymis.
- epididymitis — (pathology) inflammation of the epididymis.
- experimented — Simple past tense and past participle of experiment.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.
- food pyramid — successive levels of predation in a food chain represented schematically as a pyramid because upper levels normally consist of decreasing numbers of larger predators.
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- hemophilioid — (of a disease) resembling hemophilia, but having a different genetic or acquired cause.
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
- hope diamond — a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
- hydromorphic — of or relating to soil having characteristics that are developed when there is excess water all or part of the time.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- 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.
- impedimental — Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
- 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
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.