12-letter words containing s, t, e, p, d, a
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- 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
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- 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.
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- 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).
- photo-stated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with