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12-letter words containing r, a, d, e, s, t

  • obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
  • on the cards — likely
  • orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
  • 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.
  • outsider art — art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
  • overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
  • parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
  • pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
  • pasture land — grassland used for grazing
  • pericarditis — inflammation of the pericardium.
  • petrodollars — Petrodollars are a unit of money used to calculate how much a country has earned by exporting petroleum or natural gas.
  • petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
  • photo spread — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
  • point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
  • postal order — money order.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
  • poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
  • postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • pre-disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
  • predesignate — to designate beforehand.
  • predestinate — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
  • preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
  • presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • process data — data processing
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
  • quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
  • quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
  • radiesthesia — the ability to sense energy forces or radiation, esp from the human body
  • radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
  • radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.
  • rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
  • readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • release date — the time, as the day, part of the day, and sometimes the hour, on or at which release copy may be published or broadcast.
  • res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
  • residentiary — residing; resident.
  • respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
  • rest assured — reassurance
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