12-letter words containing p, o, i, e
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- coup d'essai — a first attempt.
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- crown prince — A Crown Prince is a prince who will be king of his country when the present king or queen dies.
- 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.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- dehypnotized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehypnotize.
- delapidation — Dated form of dilapidation.
- demi-pension — an arrangement whereby a guest or resident pays, usually at a fixed rate, for room, breakfast, and one other daily meal offered in a hotel or boardinghouse; half board. Compare modified American plan.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- deoppilation — the removal of obstructions
- deoppilative — any drug which removes obstructions in the body
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- depoliticize — to deprive of a political nature; render apolitical
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- deposit slip — a form that you fill in when you make a deposit into a bank account; it contains information such as the amount, whether it is a cash or cheque deposit, the account number and the date
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depositories — Plural form of depository.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.