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12-letter words containing p, a, i, l

  • spiflication — rough treatment
  • spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
  • spinal canal — the tube formed by the vertebrae in which the spinal cord and its membranes are located.
  • spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
  • spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
  • spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
  • spiritualist — an adherent of spiritualism.
  • spirituality — the quality or fact of being spiritual.
  • spiritualize — to make spiritual.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
  • spongillafly — spongefly.
  • spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
  • sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
  • spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
  • spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
  • spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
  • state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
  • stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
  • strike plate — strike (def 67).
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
  • suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
  • subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
  • subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
  • superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
  • superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
  • superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
  • superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
  • superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
  • supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
  • superquality — above-average quality
  • superrealism — photorealism.
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