12-letter words containing t, o, p, d
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- dactyloscopy — the analysis of fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- deep pockets — If you say that a person or organization has deep pockets, you mean that they have a lot of money with which to pay for something.
- dehypnotized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehypnotize.
- delapidation — Dated form of dilapidation.
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- deoppilation — the removal of obstructions
- deoppilative — any drug which removes obstructions in the body
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- depoliticize — to deprive of a political nature; render apolitical
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- deposit slip — a form that you fill in when you make a deposit into a bank account; it contains information such as the amount, whether it is a cash or cheque deposit, the account number and the date
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depositation — the act of depositing
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- depositories — Plural form of depository.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- deprotonated — Simple past tense and past participle of deprotonate.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- dermatophyte — any parasitic fungus that affects the skin
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- dessertspoon — A dessertspoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations