12-letter words containing a, p, e, l, t
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- papal states — the temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 ad until the unification of Italy in 1870
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- parallel ata — Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
- parallel top — a parallel line or plane.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parent metal — the metal of components that are being welded by a molten filler metal
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
- participable — capable of being shared.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- party leader — a leader of a political party
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- pastoralness — the quality or state of being pastoral or rural
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- patent rolls — (in Britain) the register of patents issued
- patent still — a type of still in which the distillation is continuous
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathlessness — the state of being pathless
- patrilateral — related through the father.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- 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 oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pedunculated — having a peduncle.
- peltier heat — the heat gained or lost at a junction of a thermocouple due to the Peltier effect.
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalty area — the area, 44 yards (40 meters) wide and 18 yards (16 meters) deep, centered on the goal line and extending in front of the goal, where a foul by a defensive player results in a penalty kick for the offensive team.
- penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.