12-letter words containing p, a, n, e
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
- phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
- phenanthrene — a colorless, shiny, crystalline, water-insoluble isomer of anthracene, C 1 4 H 1 0 , derived from coal tar: used chiefly in dyestuffs and in the synthesis of drugs.
- phenarsazine — a type of toxin that originates from arsenic
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- 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.
- phenylalanin — an essential amino-acid present in most proteins
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
- phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- 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.
- photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
- photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
- photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- phytonadione — vitamin K1.
- piano lesson — music class in playing the piano
- piano nobile — the principal story of a large building, as of a palace or villa.
- piano player — pianist.
- piatra neamt — a city in NE Romania, in Moldavia.
- picnic races — horse races for amateur riders held in rural areas
- picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
- picrocarmine — a red powder containing carmine and picric acid which is used in staining processes
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pigeon grape — a high-climbing vine, Vitis aestivalis, of the eastern U.S., having leaves that are dull above and rusty beneath, and bearing black, edible fruit.
- pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- 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.
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- pineal gland — a small, cone-shaped endocrine organ in the posterior forebrain, secreting melatonin and involved in biorhythms and gonadal development.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- pipe cleaner — a short length of twisted flexible wires covered with tufted fabric, used to clean the stem of a smoker's pipe and for various handicrafts.
- pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground