12-letter words containing o, d, p
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flip-flopped — shod in flip-flops; wearing flip-flops
- floppy drive — disk drive
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- 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.
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- forward pass — a pass in which the ball is thrown in the direction of advance toward the opponent's goal.
- forward post — the position held by a soldier on the forward line
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- full powered — (of a vessel) relying on engines for propulsion without assistance from sails.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- grana padano — a rich semifat hard cheese with a granular texture, often used grated, esp on pasta dishes and soups
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- hedge hyssop — any plant of the genus Gratiola, a bitter herb used medicinally.
- hedgehopping — Present participle of hedgehop.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- hemophilioid — (of a disease) resembling hemophilia, but having a different genetic or acquired cause.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
- hidropoiesis — the production of sweat.
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.