12-letter words containing o, p, a, c
- participator — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- paul-boncour — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1873–1972, French lawyer and statesman: premier 1932–33.
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
- peace accord — an official agreement to come to peace or end conflict
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- peacock blue — a lustrous greenish blue, as of certain peacock feathers.
- peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- 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.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- 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
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- penal colony — remote prison
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- 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
- pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
- phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- 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).
- 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.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- 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