12-letter words containing p, i, l, t, d, o
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- needlepoints — Plural form of needlepoint.
- nondepleting — not depleting
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- 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.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- pilot ladder — Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- polypeptidic — relating to a polypeptide
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- porthole die — a die having several openings for the extrusion of separate parts of an object later formed by the welding or fusing together of these parts.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- split second — a fraction of a second.