12-letter words containing s, e, o, d, p
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- isopropoxide — (chemistry) The univalent anion derived from isopropanol by removal of the hydroxy hydrogen atom; and salt containing this anion.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
- leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- loose-lipped — tending toward indiscriminate and uninhibited talk.
- lopsidedness — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- 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.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- modus ponens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and its antecedent are given to be true its consequent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and it's Tuesday so this must be Belgium
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- 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.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- needlepoints — Plural form of needlepoint.
- 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.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- 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).
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- open desktop — (operating system, product) A Motif-based graphical interface from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), built over their Unix environment, part of the ACE initiative. Also known as "Open DeathTrap".
- 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.
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overdevelops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdevelop.