12-letter words containing o, p, n, e, t
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclopentane — a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. Formula: C5H10
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- dehypnotized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehypnotize.
- delapidation — Dated form of dilapidation.
- deoppilation — the removal of obstructions
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- deprotonated — Simple past tense and past participle of deprotonate.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
- dessertspoon — A dessertspoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
- detectophone — a secret listening device, the predecessor of the modern 'bug'
- 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
- developement — Obsolete spelling of development.
- developments — Plural form of development.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- diphthongize — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- 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
- electrophone — (music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electrical currents.
- emancipation — The fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- empassionate — intensely affected