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.