12-letter words containing i, s, u, e, a, p
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- mispunctuate — to punctuate incorrectly.
- multiseptate — having several septa or chambers
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- passive noun — a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- paying guest — lodger
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- peau de soie — a soft, satin-weave cloth of silk or rayon, grainy and having a dull luster, used to make dresses, coats, trimmings, etc.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- perpetualist — someone who holds to any form of perpetualism
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.