12-letter words containing p, a, l, e
- inner planet — any of the four planets closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpellant — a person who interpellates; interpellator.
- interpellate — to call formally upon (a minister or member of a government) in interpellation.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- interpleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of interplead.
- interpleader — a party who interpleads.
- interpleural — situated between the pleurae
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interpolator — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interspatial — a space between things.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspersal — Interspersion.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- irreciprocal — not reciprocal
- irrepairable — not able to be repaired, or beyond repair
- irrepealable — incapable of being repealed or revoked.
- irreplacable — Misspelling of irreplaceable.
- irreplicable — Incapable of being replicated.
- irreprovable — Not reprovable; irreproachable.
- irreprovably — in an irreprovable manner
- irrespirable — not respirable; unfit for breathing.
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- jet airplane — jet plane.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- keep it real — avoid affectation
- kepler's law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- lahore party — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
- lamellaphone — Alt form lamellophone.
- lamellophone — (musical instruments) Any of several musical instruments in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellaa attached to a sounding board.