12-letter words containing a, n, t, i, p, o
- odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
- oil painting — the art or technique of painting with oil colors.
- on probation — under the supervision of a probation officer
- onomatapoeia — Misspelling of onomatopoeia.
- onomatopoeia — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- onomatopoeic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
- 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.
- opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
- opinionating — Present participle of opinionate.
- opinionative — of, relating to, or of the nature of opinion.
- opinionators — Plural form of opinionator.
- oppositional — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- opsonisation — Alternative form of opsonization.
- opsonization — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
- optimisation — Alternative spelling of optimization.
- optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- pacification — to pacify.
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
- paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- 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.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- panification — the making of bread
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- partitioning — Partitioning is when a solute is distributed between two phases in a separation process.
- pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
- passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
- passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).