12-letter words containing o, d, p
- drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop forging — a product made by drop-forging
- drop initial — inset initial.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dropped sole — a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- duplex house — a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- eden project — an environmental complex containing the world's largest greenhouse, built in a disused clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall, to study plant populations in a variety of environments
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- endless loop — infinite loop
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endoperoxide — one of the substances formed in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- epidiascopes — Plural form of epidiascope.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- expeditation — the act of expeditating a dog
- export drive — a united effort to increase a country's exports
- export trade — the area of business or industry concerned with the export of goods or services
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- expropriated — Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporize.
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- fellowshiped — Simple past tense and past participle of fellowship.
- fernando póo — Bioko
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.