12-letter words containing p, o, n, d, e
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- decompounded — Simple past tense and past participle of decompound.
- 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.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- deoppilation — the removal of obstructions
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- deprotonated — Simple past tense and past participle of deprotonate.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despondences — Plural form of despondence.
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
- dessertspoon — A dessertspoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
- detectophone — a secret listening device, the predecessor of the modern 'bug'
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- developement — Obsolete spelling of development.
- developments — Plural form of development.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- diphthongize — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disportments — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- domino paper — a marbleized or figured decorative paper, used for wallpaper, end papers, etc., printed from wood blocks and colored by hand.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.