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12-letter words containing c, a, p, t, i, n

  • pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
  • pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
  • paracentesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
  • paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
  • 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.
  • parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
  • 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.
  • participance — participation.
  • participancy — participation.
  • pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
  • 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.
  • pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • 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.
  • pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
  • perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
  • pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
  • pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
  • petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
  • phantasmatic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
  • phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
  • phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
  • photoactinic — emitting radiation having the chemical effects of light and ultraviolet rays, as on a photographic film.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
  • picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
  • pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
  • pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
  • placentation — Anatomy, Zoology. the formation of a placenta. the manner of placement or construction of a placenta.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plane ticket — entitlement to travel by aircraft
  • plastocyanin — a blue protein found in green plants and in some bacteria
  • platonically — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
  • plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
  • pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
  • poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
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