12-letter words containing a, l, i, m, p, r
- multipartite — divided into several or many parts; having several or many divisions.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- 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.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- paramilitary — noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force: a paramilitary police unit.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- party animal — person who frequents drinking parties
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pearl millet — a tall grass, Pennisetum americanum (or P. glaucum), cultivated in Africa, Asia, and the southern U.S. for its edible seeds and as a forage plant.
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- perimetrical — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- pictorialism — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- porismatical — porismatic
- porto amelia — former name of Pemba (def 2).
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- practicalism — devotion to practical matters.
- preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
- preeclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premaritally — in a premarital manner
- premaxillary — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prenominally — before a noun
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primary cell — a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.
- primary wall — the wall of a plant cell that is formed first around the protoplast, composed of cellulose microfibrils aligned at all angles and held together by hydrogen bonds.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- primordially — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.