12-letter words containing p, a, r, i
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- 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.
- paimio chair — a chair developed by Alvar Aalto between 1930 and 1933, having two continuous, ribbonlike elements made of bent laminated birch veneers forming the arms and legs and supporting a sheet of bent plywood that forms the back and seat.
- 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.
- pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
- 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.
- pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
- panarthritis — arthritis in the entire joint
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paper napkin — a napkin or serviette made from tissue paper
- paper profit — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- paperhanging — the activity or business of a paperhanger.
- papier colle — collage.
- papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
- pappenheimer — a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paracentesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paracystitis — inflammation of the connective tissue around the urinary bladder.
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paradisaical — paradisiacal.
- paradisiacal — of, like, or befitting paradise.
- paradoxidian — relating to the genus Paradoxides
- paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- paraffin wax — paraffin in its solid state.
- paraffin-oil — a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.