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12-letter words containing p, o, d, e, t

  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • overreported — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • 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).
  • 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
  • panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
  • particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
  • payment bond — See under contract bond.
  • pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
  • pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
  • pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
  • peptide bond — a covalent bond formed by joining the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another, with the removal of a molecule of water.
  • peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
  • period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
  • periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
  • periodontist — a specialist in periodontics.
  • periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
  • peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
  • petrodollars — Petrodollars are a unit of money used to calculate how much a country has earned by exporting petroleum or natural gas.
  • petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
  • phosphoreted — phosphureted.
  • phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
  • photo spread — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • photo-stated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
  • photocathode — a cathode, typically of a cesium or sodium compound, having the property of emitting electrons when activated by light or other radiation.
  • photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • photooxidize — to undergo or cause to undergo photooxidation
  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • pilot ladder — Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
  • pirate radio — radio broadcasting illegally
  • pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
  • plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
  • pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
  • poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
  • point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
  • point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
  • point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • pollutedness — the state of being polluted
  • polypeptidic — relating to a polypeptide
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