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12-letter words containing n, a, p, r

  • deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
  • deepwaterman — a ship that goes far out to sea and into deep water
  • demonography — a treatise on demons.
  • departmental — Departmental is used to describe the activities, responsibilities, or possessions of a department in a government, company, or other organization.
  • deportations — Plural form of deportation.
  • depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
  • depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
  • depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
  • depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
  • deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
  • deprotonated — Simple past tense and past participle of deprotonate.
  • dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
  • despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
  • 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
  • dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
  • dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
  • 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.
  • diprionidian — (of a graptolite) with a row of cellules or serrations on both sides
  • dipropellant — bipropellant.
  • disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
  • disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
  • disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
  • disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
  • dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
  • dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
  • dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
  • 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.
  • doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
  • doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
  • draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
  • drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
  • drinks party — a cocktail party
  • dripping pan — a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping
  • drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
  • drop initial — inset initial.
  • dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
  • ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
  • ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
  • earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
  • eastern cape — a province of S South Africa; formed in 1994 from the E part of the former Cape Province: service industries, agriculture, and mining. Capital: Bhisho (formerly Bisho). Pop: 6 562 053 (2011 est). Area: 169 600 sq km (65 483 sq miles)
  • eden prairie — a town in SE Minnesota.
  • ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
  • elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
  • emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
  • emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
  • emancipatrix — A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.
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