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12-letter words containing p, d, a

  • new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
  • newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
  • nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
  • non-adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
  • nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
  • nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
  • normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • nudum pactum — a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.
  • oak-panelled — having panels that are made of oak
  • oakland park — a town in S Florida.
  • octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
  • odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
  • odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
  • odontophoran — a member of the family Odontophora
  • oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
  • old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
  • olla podrida — a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
  • on shipboard — on board a ship
  • onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
  • open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
  • opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
  • opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
  • optical diff — vdiff
  • optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
  • optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
  • ordered pair — Mathematics. two quantities written in such a way as to indicate that one quantity precedes or is to be considered before the other, as (3, 4) indicates the Cartesian coordinates of a point in the plane.
  • orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • overpedalled — relating to overpedalling
  • overpersuade — to persuade (a person) against his or her inclination or intention: By threats and taunts they had overpersuaded him to steal the car.
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • package deal — Also called package plan. an agreement in which the buyer pays a stipulated price for a group of related products or services: a package deal from a book club.
  • packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
  • packet radio — (communications, radio)   The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
  • paddle wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
  • paddle-wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
  • paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
  • paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
  • paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
  • paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
  • palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
  • palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
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