12-letter words containing l, p, a, t
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protreptical — didactic
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- pull a stunt — If someone pulls a stunt, they do something silly or risky.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pulp plaster — plaster containing shredded wood fiber.
- punctulation — the state of being punctulate
- pupilability — confidentiality
- 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.
- purple heart — a medal awarded for wounds received in action against an enemy or as a direct result of an act of the enemy.
- purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
- purple state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- pyloroplasty — the surgical alteration of the pylorus, usually a widening to facilitate the passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum.
- pyophthalmia — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
- quartz plate — a carefully cut quartz crystal that is piezoelectrically active. Compare crystal (def 10).
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- 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.
- recapitalize — to renew or change the capital of.
- recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
- receptacular — having the nature of, or serving as, a receptacle
- receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- replantation — to plant again.
- repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- retail price — amount sth costs in shops
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- risk capital — venture capital.
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rotten apple — You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- saint paul's — a cathedral in London, England: designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
- saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
- sales report — a periodical report made by a salesperson to a manager giving details of amounts sold, existing and new accounts, etc
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saltpetreman — a supplier of saltpetre