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12-letter words containing t, i, p, a, n, d

  • median point — centroid (def 2).
  • median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
  • multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
  • nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
  • non-adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
  • nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
  • odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
  • paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
  • palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • panty girdle — women's control pants
  • pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
  • pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
  • pentapeptide — a polypeptide consisting of five amino acids
  • peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
  • platitudinal — platitudinous.
  • 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.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • postaccident — occurring after an accident
  • postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
  • postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
  • predesignate — to designate beforehand.
  • predestinate — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
  • presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
  • privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • radiata pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to the western USA. but grown in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to produce building timber
  • radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
  • readaptation — the act of adapting.
  • 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
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