12-letter words containing pr
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- decompressed — Simple past tense and past participle of decompress.
- decompresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompress.
- decompressor — a device for lowering motor engine compression
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- depo-provera — a synthetic progestogen, C24H34O4, used to treat uterine or kidney cancer, to prevent conception for long periods, etc.
- depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- depressively — In a depressive manner.
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- deprogrammed — Simple past tense and past participle of deprogram.
- deprogrammer — a person or thing that removes the effects of brainwashing or indoctrination
- deprotonated — Simple past tense and past participle of deprotonate.
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- diprionidian — (of a graptolite) with a row of cellules or serrations on both sides
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- dispreferred — Simple past tense and past participle of disprefer.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- disprivilege — to deprive of privilege
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- east prussia — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- eden prairie — a town in SE Minnesota.
- eden project — an environmental complex containing the world's largest greenhouse, built in a disused clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall, to study plant populations in a variety of environments
- empress tree — a Chinese tree, Paulownia tomentosa, of the bignonia family, having hairy leaves and clusters of fragrant, violet flowers, naturalized in the eastern U.S.
- empressement — Animated eagerness or friendliness; effusion.
- enterprising — Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.
- entrepreneur — A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
- epoxypropane — (organic compound) propylene oxide.
- equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
- espresso bar — a coffee house that specializes in espresso coffee and other coffee drinks with an espresso base
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- expressively — In an expressive manner.
- expressivity — (uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach
- expromission — the act of (a creditor) accepting a new debtor as being responsible for the debt of another person