12-letter words containing p, r, e, t, a, c
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- depth charge — A depth charge is a type of bomb which explodes under water and which is used especially to destroy enemy submarines.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- eastern cape — a province of S South Africa; formed in 1994 from the E part of the former Cape Province: service industries, agriculture, and mining. Capital: Bhisho (formerly Bisho). Pop: 6 562 053 (2011 est). Area: 169 600 sq km (65 483 sq miles)
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emancipatrix — A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- epigrammatic — Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing.
- epirrhematic — relating to epirrhema
- escape route — way out: of situation
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- extracampine — (psychiatry, of hallucination) Beyond the possible sensory field.
- extrahepatic — Originating or occurring outside the liver.
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperreactor — a person who behaves in a hyperreactive manner
- hypertypical — excessively typical
- hypothecator — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.