12-letter words containing r, e, p, s, d
- leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
- leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- lesser panda — panda (def 2).
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- 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
- medium strip — median strip.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- mond process — a process for obtaining nickel by heating the ore in carbon monoxide to produce nickel carbonyl vapour, which is then decomposed at a higher temperature to yield the metal
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- needle-sharp — very sharp
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- nondepressed — (esp of an emotional state) not depressed
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonresponder — something or someone that does not respond
- nonsponsored — Not sponsored.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- 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.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overdevelops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdevelop.
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overpersuade — to persuade (a person) against his or her inclination or intention: By threats and taunts they had overpersuaded him to steal the car.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pamperedness — the state of being pampered
- parascending — parasailing
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- pedomorphism — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- pepys' diary — a diary kept by Samuel Pepys from January 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669, in which are recorded his impressions of contemporary London life, the life of the court, and the administration of the navy.