12-letter words containing n, e, r, d
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdocument — to document excessively
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- overenrolled — For which too many people have enrolled.
- overextended — to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overfondness — excessive affection
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
- overinvolved — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- overkindness — the quality of being too kind
- overmannered — excessively mannered
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- owner-driver — a person who owns the vehicle he drives
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- pamperedness — the state of being pampered
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parascending — parasailing
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- pend oreille — a river in NE Washington, N Idaho, and SE British Columbia, flowing NW to the Columbia River. 130 miles (209 km) long.
- penny arcade — an amusement hall or area that contains coin-operated entertainment devices, originally operated for a penny a play.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- periodontist — a specialist in periodontics.
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- permissioned — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- pfund series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.