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12-letter words containing o, p, a, l, e, d

  • doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
  • doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
  • double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
  • double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
  • dual-purpose — serving two functions.
  • 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.
  • epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
  • episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
  • expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
  • extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
  • 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.
  • flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
  • flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
  • gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
  • 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.
  • heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
  • hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
  • hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
  • hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
  • hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
  • hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
  • imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
  • indisposable — Not disposable.
  • interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
  • jeopardously — with risk or peril
  • kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
  • kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
  • lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
  • lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
  • lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
  • leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
  • leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
  • leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
  • leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
  • leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
  • lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
  • lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
  • lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
  • london plane — a tall, hardy, widely spreading plane tree, Platanus acerifolia, of North America, having clusters of round, bristly fruit.
  • lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
  • loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
  • lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
  • monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
  • monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • oak-panelled — having panels that are made of oak
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