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12-letter words containing m, o, p, a

  • pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
  • paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
  • palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
  • panpharmacon — a remedy or panacea
  • parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
  • parade armor — ornamented armor worn only for ceremonial purposes.
  • paralipomena — Chronicles.
  • paramorphine — thebaine.
  • paramorphism — the process by which a paramorph is formed.
  • paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
  • paraphimosis — inability to retract the penis into the prepuce as a result of narrowing of the prepuce
  • parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
  • parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
  • parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
  • parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
  • parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
  • parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • paroemiology — the study of proverbs
  • 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.
  • parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
  • pax vobiscum — peace be with you
  • payment bond — See under contract bond.
  • peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
  • pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
  • pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
  • perambulator — baby carriage.
  • performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
  • period drama — a drama set in a particular historical period
  • periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
  • peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
  • phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
  • phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • pharmacopeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
  • phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
  • philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
  • phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
  • phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
  • phosphamidon — a systemic and contact insecticide, C 1 0 H 1 9 ClNO 5 P, used against beetles, aphids, mites, and other crop pests.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
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