12-letter words containing p, a, l, e
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- pearlescence — a pearly lustre or sheen
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- pearly queen — the female London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pebble beach — a beach covered with pebbles or stones rather than sand
- pebbledashed — covered with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedicellaria — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pedunculated — having a peduncle.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- peltier heat — the heat gained or lost at a junction of a thermocouple due to the Peltier effect.
- penal colony — remote prison
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalty area — the area, 44 yards (40 meters) wide and 18 yards (16 meters) deep, centered on the goal line and extending in front of the goal, where a foul by a defensive player results in a penalty kick for the offensive team.
- penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
- penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
- penalty spot — a point within the penalty area and 12 yards (about 11 m) from the goal, from which a penalty kick may be taken
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- pennine alps — a range of the Alps between Switzerland and Italy. Highest peak: Monte Rosa, 4634 m (15 204 ft)
- pennsylvania — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- penny loafer — a loafer with a slot on the vamp that can hold a coin, usually a penny.
- pension plan — a systematic plan created and maintained, as by a corporation, to make regular payments of benefits to retired or disabled employees, either on a contributory or a noncontributory basis.
- pentagonally — in a pentagonal manner; in the fashion of a pentagon
- pentapolitan — of or pertaining to a pentapolis
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- pentavalence — the condition of having a valency of five
- penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perceptually — of, relating to, or involving perception.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perenniality — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
- perimetrical — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- peripherally — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- peritoneally — through the peritoneum
- perivisceral — surrounding or situated about the viscera.
- permaculture — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- perorational — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a peroration