12-letter words containing r, a, p, i, d, e
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- 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
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- diet pyramid — food pyramid (def 2).
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- dispensaries — Plural form of dispensary.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- domino paper — a marbleized or figured decorative paper, used for wallpaper, end papers, etc., printed from wood blocks and colored by hand.
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- 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
- expropriated — Simple past tense and past participle of expropriate.
- 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.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.