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12-letter words containing a, m, p, e

  • open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
  • operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • 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.
  • outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
  • overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • pacific time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
  • paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
  • paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
  • palimpsestic — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
  • palm cabbage — cabbage palm.
  • palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
  • paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
  • pamperedness — the state of being pampered
  • pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
  • panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
  • panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
  • panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
  • pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
  • panspermatic — relating to panspermia
  • papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
  • pappenheimer — a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
  • para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
  • parade armor — ornamented armor worn only for ceremonial purposes.
  • paralipomena — Chronicles.
  • parallel sml — ["Parallel SML: A Functional Language and its Implementation in Dactl", Kevin Hammond, Pitman Press 1990].
  • paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
  • parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
  • parameterize — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
  • paramorphine — thebaine.
  • parasitaemia — the condition of having parasites in the blood
  • parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
  • parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
  • parent metal — the metal of components that are being welded by a molten filler metal
  • parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
  • parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
  • paroemiology — the study of proverbs
  • part payment — partial payment; a payment that is not the full price
  • pastry cream — a creamy custard, often flavoured, used as a filling for éclairs, flans, etc
  • patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
  • patternmaker — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
  • payment bond — See under contract bond.
  • payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
  • payment date — the date on which a payment (of a debt, bill, etc) is used to be paid
  • peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
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