12-letter words containing p, a, n, d, r, e
- open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
- opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- pamperedness — the state of being pampered
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parascending — parasailing
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- penny arcade — an amusement hall or area that contains coin-operated entertainment devices, originally operated for a penny a play.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- peroxidation — a type of reaction in which oxygen atoms are formed leading to the production of peroxides. It is stimulated in the body by certain toxins and infections
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pindaric ode — an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
- point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
- pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
- ponce around — If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously.
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- pre-prandial — You use pre-prandial to refer to things you do or have before a meal.
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- preannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- predestinate — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- pregenerated — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- preordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- preparedness — the state of being prepared; readiness.