12-letter words containing l, p, a, t
- pralltriller — inverted mordent.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- prayer plant — a plant, Maranta leuconeura, native to Brazil, that is widely cultivated for its variegated leaves that close up at night.
- pre-cultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- 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.
- precipitable — capable of being precipitated.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- 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
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- prelatically — in the manner of a prelate
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premaritally — in a premarital manner
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- presentially — in a presential way
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- principality — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.
- private life — the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- pro-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- proportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.