12-letter words containing p, r, e, d, i, a
- 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.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperialised — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialise.
- imperialized — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialize.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- import trade — goods, services and products brought into a country and which were bought from another country
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- interpleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of interplead.
- interpleader — a party who interpleads.
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- landed price — the price when delivered
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- ordered pair — Mathematics. two quantities written in such a way as to indicate that one quantity precedes or is to be considered before the other, as (3, 4) indicates the Cartesian coordinates of a point in the plane.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- 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).
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
- parascending — parasailing
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals