12-letter words containing o, p, i, n, e, d
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
- power-driven — powered by an electric motor
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- preconceived — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- preordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
- printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- proofreading — correction of text
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- propanedioic — malonic.
- proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- put in order — arrange correctly
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
- railroad pen — a ruling pen for drawing two parallel lines.
- readaptation — the act of adapting.
- redemptioner — an emigrant from Europe to America who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant for a specified period of time.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs