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).