12-letter words containing p, a, r, m, i, n
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- piatra neamt — a city in NE Romania, in Moldavia.
- picrocarmine — a red powder containing carmine and picric acid which is used in staining processes
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- preformation — previous formation.
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premigration — occurring before migration
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prenominally — before a noun
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primary gain — the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin
- prochein ami — next friend.
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- 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.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- provitamin a — carotene.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- 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).
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- 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.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reprimanding — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- 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.
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.