12-letter words containing p, e, t, i, c
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- cosmopolites — Plural form of cosmopolite.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cunctipotent — (obsolete) almighty; all-powerful.
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- decapacitate — To reduce something's or someone's capability to do something.
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decapitalize — to make difficult to have or to take away stock or wealth from
- decapitating — Present participle of decapitate.
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- decrepitated — Simple past tense and past participle of decrepitate.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- deduplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of deduplicate.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- depoliticize — to deprive of a political nature; render apolitical
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- diphtheritic — pertaining to diphtheria.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.