12-letter words containing p, a, n, d, e
- dancing step — balanced step.
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- dead spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- decapitating — Present participle of decapitate.
- 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
- deepwaterman — a ship that goes far out to sea and into deep water
- delapidation — Dated form of dilapidation.
- demand paged — demand paging
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- dental plate — a dental prosthesis; denture.
- deoppilation — the removal of obstructions
- departmental — Departmental is used to describe the activities, responsibilities, or possessions of a department in a government, company, or other organization.
- dependancies — Plural form of dependancy.
- 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
- depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- 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
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
- 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
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
- dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.