12-letter words containing p, u, t
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
- cryptococcus — any fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which cause disease in animals and humans
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- cryptozygous — having the skull broad and the face narrow.
- cub reporter — A cub reporter is a young newspaper journalist who is still being trained.
- cunctipotent — (obsolete) almighty; all-powerful.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cut up rough — to become angry or bad-tempered
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- data capture — any process for converting information into a form that can be handled by a computer
- decapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of decapsulate.
- deduplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of deduplicate.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- 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
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- do your part — contribute
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dumper truck — A dumper truck is the same as a dump truck.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.