12-letter words containing p, a, r, t, l
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- gloria patri — the short hymn “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”.
- glyptography — the description or study of engraved gems or other stones.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- great plague — the bubonic plague that occurred in London in 1665 and killed about 15 percent of the city's population.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- hair implant — the insertion of synthetic fibers or human hair into the scalp to cover baldness.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- hyper-lethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperreality — The state or condition of being hyperreal.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- hypertextual — Of or relating to hypertext.
- hyperthermal — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- hypertypical — excessively typical
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- impartialist — Someone who is or pretends to be impartial.
- impartiality — not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- imperatively — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- imperatorial — Commanding; authoritative.
- imperialists — Plural form of imperialist.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- inapparently — in an inapparent manner
- inextirpable — incapable of being extirpated: inextirpable disease.
- inner planet — any of the four planets closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpellant — a person who interpellates; interpellator.
- interpellate — to call formally upon (a minister or member of a government) in interpellation.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- interpleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of interplead.