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

  • privateering — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
  • pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
  • pro-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
  • pro-japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
  • procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
  • processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
  • prochein ami — next friend.
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
  • program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
  • promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
  • propanedioic — malonic.
  • property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
  • prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
  • protein-coat — the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
  • proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
  • protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
  • prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
  • protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  • protuberancy — protuberance.
  • provableness — the quality of being provable
  • providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
  • psittacinite — mottramite.
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • pterosaurian — a pterosaur
  • pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
  • pudding-head — a stupid person
  • puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
  • pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
  • punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
  • purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
  • put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
  • put-and-take — any of various games of chance played with a teetotum or other special type of top, in which each player puts in an equal stake before starting to spin the top.
  • putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
  • puy de sancy — a mountain in S central France: highest peak of the Monts Dore. Height: 1886 m (6188 ft)
  • pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
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