12-letter words containing p, h, i, d
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- diphtheritic — pertaining to diphtheria.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diphthongize — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- display hack — (graphics) A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
- ditriglyphic — of or pertaining to ditriglyphs
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- fellowshiped — Simple past tense and past participle of fellowship.
- fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- hairpin bend — A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hand-painted — painted by a person rather than a machine
- hand-picking — to pick by hand.
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- handclapping — The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handicapping — Present participle of handicap.
- handies peak — a peak in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,048 feet (4285 meters).
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- hedgehopping — Present participle of hedgehop.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- hemophilioid — (of a disease) resembling hemophilia, but having a different genetic or acquired cause.