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12-letter words containing p, a, n, e

  • open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
  • open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
  • open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
  • opera singer — a professional singer of opera
  • opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
  • operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
  • opinionative — of, relating to, or of the nature of opinion.
  • opinionnaire — A form containing a list of statements, each of which the members of a selected group are asked to endorse or reject; the purpose being to gather information for a survey.
  • oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
  • orange pekoe — a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
  • oregon grape — an evergreen shrub, Mahonia aquifolium, of the barberry family, of the western coast of the U.S., having small blue berries and yellow flowers that are the state flower of Oregon.
  • organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
  • oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
  • orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
  • outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
  • oyster plant — salsify.
  • packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
  • packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
  • paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
  • paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
  • page printer — Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.
  • pain barrier — If you say that a sports player has gone through the pain barrier, you mean that he or she is continuing to make a great effort in spite of being injured or exhausted.
  • paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
  • painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
  • palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
  • pale-skinned — having pale skin
  • paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
  • paleontology — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  • paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
  • palingenesis — rebirth; regeneration.
  • pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
  • paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
  • pamperedness — the state of being pampered
  • pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
  • pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
  • pan-european — of or relating to all or most of the countries of Europe.
  • panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
  • pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
  • pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
  • panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
  • pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
  • pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
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