12-letter words containing a, c, p, e
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- 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.
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
- process data — data processing
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- prochein ami — next friend.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- produce race — a race for the offspring of parents identified or characterized at the time of nomination.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- propanedioic — malonic.
- proper class — a class which cannot itself be a member of other classes
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- protectorate — the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls.
- protein-coat — the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protreptical — didactic
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- psittacinite — mottramite.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- puck-carrier — the player who has the puck and moves it along.
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- puffa jacket — a warm quilted and padded jacket
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.