12-letter words containing p, a, r, m, i
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- practicalism — devotion to practical matters.
- pragmaticism — the pragmatist philosophy of C. S. Peirce, chiefly a theory of meaning: so called by him to distinguish it from the pragmatism of William James.
- pragmaticist — a follower of the doctrine of pragmatism
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- pre-estimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- pre-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- 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.
- preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- preeclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premaritally — in a premarital manner
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premaxillary — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- premedicated — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- premeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- premigration — occurring before migration
- premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered
- 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.
- premium-rate — (relating to telephone calls) charged at a higher than standard rate
- prenominally — before a noun
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- primary care — medical care by a physician, or other health-care professional, who is the patient's first contact with the health-care system and who may recommend a specialist if necessary.
- primary cell — a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.
- primary gain — the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom.
- primary root — the first root produced by a germinating seed, developing from the radicle of the embryo.
- primary type — a specimen used in the original description or illustration of a species.
- primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
- primary wall — the wall of a plant cell that is formed first around the protoplast, composed of cellulose microfibrils aligned at all angles and held together by hydrogen bonds.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- primigravida — a woman pregnant for the first time.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- primordially — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- pro-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin