12-letter words containing p, a, r, l
- aplacophoran — solenogaster.
- apocryphally — In an apocryphal manner.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
- appeal court — An appeal court is the same as a Court of Appeal.
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- apple brandy — an alcoholic liquor made with apples
- apple butter — a jam made from stewed spiced apples
- apple sucker — a small homopterous insect, Psyllia mali, originally of Europe, that is a serious pest of apple crops.
- appleknocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
- appletviewer — (web, testing) A simplified web browser used for testing applets. You can't browse HTML with it but you can run applets to test them before embedding them in a web page.
- applied arts — arts that are put to practical use
- appraisingly — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- approachable — If you describe someone as approachable, you think that they are friendly and easy to talk to.
- appropriable — that can be appropriated
- archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- archetypally — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- archetypical — Archetypical means the same as archetypal.
- archipallium — (anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
- archipelagic — a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
- arena chapel — a private chapel in Padua containing a fresco cycle painted (1305–06) by Giotto.
- aripiprazole — An antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia etc.
- armor-plated — An armor-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- armour plate — a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc
- army surplus — used or unused articles of military clothing, equipment, etc previously allocated to or intended for the use of army personnel but now sold off to members of the public
- arthroplasty — surgical repair of a diseased joint
- as per usual — as usual
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- asphalt rock — a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens.
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- astral plane — a plane of existence inhabited by astral bodies
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- bachelor pad — a flat in which a bachelor lives
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- back-slapper — the practice of making a loud and effusive display of friendliness, cordiality, etc., as by slapping persons on the back.
- badger plane — a plane for finishing rabbets or the like.
- bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
- baldwin park — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 76,000
- ballad opera — an opera consisting of popular tunes to which appropriate words have been set, interspersed with spoken dialogue
- ballot paper — A ballot paper is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in an election or ballot.
- barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
- battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
- beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
- bearing pile — a foundation pile that supports weight vertically
- beer parlour — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc in which beer is served
- benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.