12-letter words containing da
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- olla podrida — a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
- outdatedness — the state of being outdated
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overpedalled — relating to overpedalling
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
- pascal-linda — Ian Flockhart, U Edinburgh, 1991. Under development.
- payment date — the date on which a payment (of a debt, bill, etc) is used to be paid
- pebbledashed — covered with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- 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
- pindaric ode — an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.
- plain as day — obvious
- pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
- primigravida — a woman pregnant for the first time.
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- process data — data processing
- progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
- prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- quasi-feudal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
- radar beacon — a radar device at a fixed location that, on receiving a radar signal, automatically transmits a particular radar signal in reply, identifying itself and enabling navigators of ships and aircraft to determine their distance and direction from it.
- radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
- radar screen — a screen on equipment used in radar, a method for detecting the position and velocity of a distant object
- radar sensor — a sensor on equipment used in radar, a method for detecting the position and velocity of a distant object
- randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- readaptation — the act of adapting.
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- release date — the time, as the day, part of the day, and sometimes the hour, on or at which release copy may be published or broadcast.
- renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rhadamanthys — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
- saccidananda — Sat-cit-ananda.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- save the day — solve a problem for sb
- scandalously — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.