12-letter words containing p, a, r, t, n, e
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- disoperation — a relationship between two organisms in a community that is harmful to both
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- eastern cape — a province of S South Africa; formed in 1994 from the E part of the former Cape Province: service industries, agriculture, and mining. Capital: Bhisho (formerly Bisho). Pop: 6 562 053 (2011 est). Area: 169 600 sq km (65 483 sq miles)
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emancipatrix — A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- entoplastral — relating to an entoplastron
- entoplastron — the median plate of a turtle's plastron
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- equiparation — the act of regarding as the same; the act of comparing
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- exasperation — A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
- expatriating — Present participle of expatriate.
- expatriation — Voluntary migration from one's native land to another.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- experiential — Involving or based on experience and observation.
- experimental — (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- export agent — an person who acts on behalf of a business to develop a market for a product or service in a foreign country
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- extracampine — (psychiatry, of hallucination) Beyond the possible sensory field.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- garnet paper — an abrasive paper coated with pulverized garnet.
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.