12-letter words containing p, a, i, l
- prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
- prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- proportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protreptical — didactic
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- punctulation — the state of being punctulate
- pupilability — confidentiality
- purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
- pyophthalmia — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- railroad pen — a ruling pen for drawing two parallel lines.
- ranging pole — a pole for marking positions in surveying
- rapacki plan — the denuclearization of Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and West Germany, proposed by Adam Rapacki (1909–70), the Polish foreign minister, in 1957
- rapeseed oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- real nappies — resuable cloth nappies
- recapitalize — to renew or change the capital of.
- recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
- reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- replantation — to plant again.
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.