12-letter words containing o, d, p, r, i
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depositories — Plural form of depository.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- 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
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- 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.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diplocardiac — having the right and left sides of the heart somewhat or completely divided, as in birds and mammals.
- diprionidian — (of a graptolite) with a row of cellules or serrations on both sides
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- disempowered — Simple past tense and past participle of disempower.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dispossessor — One who dispossesses.
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- 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.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease