12-letter words containing p, a, i, l, o
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
- tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- toilet paper — a soft, lightweight, sanitized paper used in bathrooms for personal cleanliness.
- top and tail — method of washing a baby
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- trial period — time during which sth can be evaluated
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tripolitania — Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unipotential — Electricity, Electronics. having uniform electric potential throughout, as a hot cathode (unipotential cathode) indirectly heated by a separate heater circuit so that there is no lateral change of voltage across the cathode due to resistance to a heating current.
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unreciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- uproariously — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- valpolicella — a dry, red table wine from the Veneto region of northern Italy.
- vapour trail — A vapour trail is a white line of water vapour left in the sky by an aeroplane, a rocket, or a missile.
- variocoupler — a transformer having coils with a self-impedance that is essentially constant but a mutual impedance that can be varied by moving one coil with respect to the other.
- velocipedean — someone who rides a velocipede
- velociraptor — a small carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Velociraptor , from the late Cretaceous period, capable of leaping, and growing to a length of about 6 feet (2 meters), having feathers, a flat snout, short forelimbs with large handlike talons, and a large sickle-shaped claw on each foot.
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- visuospatial — pertaining to perception of the spatial relationships among objects within the field of vision.
- voltaic pile — an early battery cell, consisting of several metal disks, each made of one of two dissimilar metals, arranged in an alternating series, and separated by pads moistened with an electrolyte.
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.