12-letter words containing p, a, l, i, t, o
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- paroccipital — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process; paramastoid
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parrot tulip — a variety of the cultivated tulip Tulipa gesnerana, having variously colored, often double flowers with fringed petals.
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- 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.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- pentapolitan — of or pertaining to a pentapolis
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- peritoneally — through the peritoneum
- perorational — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a peroration
- pestological — relating to pestology
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
- philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- pictorialism — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- pictorialist — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
- pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
- pilot ladder — Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
- pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- placentation — Anatomy, Zoology. the formation of a placenta. the manner of placement or construction of a placenta.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form