12-letter words containing p, a, e
- anthropogeny — the genesis or development of the human race, especially as a subject of scientific study.
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- anticipately — (dated) In anticipation, in advance; anticipatedly.
- anticipative — inclined to anticipate; of or full of anticipation
- antientropic — showing a tendency towards order
- antiepilepsy — (of a drug or treatment) acting against epilepsy
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
- antinepotism — opposed to or acting against nepotism
- antiparabema — either of two chapels at the west end of an Armenian or Byzantine church.
- antiparallel — parallel but pointing in the opposite direction
- antiparticle — any of a group of elementary particles that have the same mass and spin as their corresponding particle but have opposite values for all other nonzero quantum numbers. When a particle collides with its antiparticle, mutual annihilation occurs
- antipathetic — having or arousing a strong aversion
- antiperiodic — efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease
- antipetalous — standing before the petals of a plant
- antiplatelet — Going against or destroying blood platelets.
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antipredator — discouraging or protecting against predators
- antipyretics — Plural form of antipyretic.
- antique shop — a shop where antiques are sold
- antisepalous — facing the sepals or calyx leaf
- antispending — opposed to excessive governmental spending
- antistrophes — Plural form of antistrophe.
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- apache dance — a fast violent dance in French vaudeville, supposedly between a Parisian gangster and his girl
- apache plume — a low shrub, Fallugia paradoxa, of the rose family, of southwestern North America, having white flowers and fruit heads of feathery tufts.
- apartmentize — to build apartments on or in: to apartmentize the downtown area.
- apeirophobia — The fear of infinity and/or of infinite things.
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- apfelstrudel — apple strudel
- apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
- aplanogamete — a nonmotile gamete or conjugating cell found in lower algae
- apocynaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Apocynaceae, a family of mostly tropical flowering plants with latex in their stems, including the dogbane, periwinkle, oleander, and some lianas
- apodeictical — Apodeictic.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apostrophise — to address by apostrophe.
- apostrophize — to address an apostrophe to
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- apothegmatic — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- apotheosized — Simple past tense and past participle of apotheosize.
- apparentness — The state or quality of being apparent.
- appeal court — An appeal court is the same as a Court of Appeal.
- appellations — Plural form of appellation.
- appellatives — Plural form of appellative.
- appendectomy — the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- appendencies — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- apperceiving — Present participle of apperceive.
- apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- apperceptive — conscious perception.