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

  • quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • rabbet plane — a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
  • radiata pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to the western USA. but grown in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to produce building timber
  • railroad pen — a ruling pen for drawing two parallel lines.
  • raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
  • ranging pole — a pole for marking positions in surveying
  • re-apportion — to apportion or distribute anew.
  • re-landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • read up (on) — to become well informed (about) by reading
  • readaptation — the act of adapting.
  • reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
  • real nappies — resuable cloth nappies
  • reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
  • reappearance — the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in Aïda; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
  • reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
  • repaginating — to indicate the sequence of pages in (a book, manuscript, etc.) by placing numbers or other characters on each leaf; to number the pages of.
  • repagination — Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.
  • repairperson — a person whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
  • repatriation — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
  • replantation — to plant again.
  • repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • representant — someone who acts on behalf of another; representative
  • reprimanding — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • repristinate — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
  • reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
  • respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
  • responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
  • resupination — a resupinate condition.
  • retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
  • ring spanner — tool for turning screws
  • rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
  • rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
  • rohnert park — a city in W California.
  • role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
  • role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
  • roman empire — the lands and peoples subject to the authority of ancient Rome.
  • rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
  • rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
  • rotten apple — You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.
  • rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
  • run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • run-of-paper — R.O.P.
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