12-letter words containing p, a, r, l
- corporealism — materialism
- corporealist — a materialist
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- corporealize — to make corporeal
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- craftspeople — Craftspeople are people who make things skilfully with their hands.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- crape myrtle — an oriental lythraceous shrub, Lagerstroemia indica, cultivated in warm climates for its pink, red, or white flowers
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
- cryptanalyst — the procedures, processes, methods, etc., used to translate or interpret secret writings, as codes and ciphers, for which the key is unknown.
- cryptanalyze — to study (a cryptogram) for the purpose of discovering the clear meaning; break (a code, cipher, etc.).
- cryptococcal — of, relating to, or caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- damper pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- delayed drop — a parachute descent with the opening of the parachute delayed, usually for a predetermined period
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- departmental — Departmental is used to describe the activities, responsibilities, or possessions of a department in a government, company, or other organization.
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- diplocardiac — having the right and left sides of the heart somewhat or completely divided, as in birds and mammals.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.