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12-letter words containing e, t, r, n, a, l

  • patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
  • pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-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.
  • 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.
  • perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • perenniality — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
  • perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
  • peritoneally — through the peritoneum
  • perorational — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a peroration
  • petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • plain turkey — a bustard
  • plane strain — Plane strain is a two-dimensional state of strain in which all the shape changes of a material happen on a single plane.
  • plane stress — Plane stress is a two-dimensional state of stress in which all stress is applied in a single plane.
  • planet earth — the world
  • plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
  • plasteriness — the state of being made of or resembling plaster
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
  • porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
  • port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • prayer plant — a plant, Maranta leuconeura, native to Brazil, that is widely cultivated for its variegated leaves that close up at night.
  • pre-planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
  • precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
  • preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
  • premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • presentially — in a presential way
  • presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
  • providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
  • quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
  • quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
  • quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
  • rabbet plane — a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
  • radioelement — a radioactive element.
  • rattlesnakes — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
  • re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
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