12-letter words containing p, a, i, l
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- olla podrida — a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
- open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- ophthalmitis — ophthalmia.
- opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
- opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- oppositional — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- optical diff — vdiff
- optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optical grep — vgrep
- optical path — the path of light through a medium, having a magnitude equal to the geometric distance through the system times the index of refraction of the medium.
- optimistical — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- optoisolator — A device that transmits a signal optically between two isolated electronic circuits.
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- osteoplastic — Surgery. pertaining to osteoplasty.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- pack of lies — false account
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- packing slip — A packing slip is a list of what is included in a shipment.
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- pagliacci, i — an opera (1892) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.
- pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
- paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
- paintballing — a sport in which players compete in teams or individually to eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets containing paint from a special gun
- painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- palaeolithic — the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc
- palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
- palatability — acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory: palatable food.
- palatalizing — to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
- pale-skinned — having pale skin
- paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
- paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
- paleological — the study of antiquities.
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- palimpsestic — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- 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.