12-letter words containing p, r, e, d, a
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- eden prairie — a town in SE Minnesota.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- export trade — the area of business or industry concerned with the export of goods or services
- expropriated — Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate.
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- fernando póo — Bioko
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- 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-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hard pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
- hard-pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrographer — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the curative use of water.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- ill-prepared — badly or inadequately prepared or trained: ill-prepared job applicants; The hotel was ill-prepared for so many guests.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.