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12-letter words containing p, a, t, e, n

  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • rabbet plane — a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
  • radiata pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to the western USA. but grown in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to produce building timber
  • re-apportion — to apportion or distribute anew.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • readaptation — the act of adapting.
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
  • repaginating — to indicate the sequence of pages in (a book, manuscript, etc.) by placing numbers or other characters on each leaf; to number the pages of.
  • repagination — Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.
  • repatriation — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
  • replantation — to plant again.
  • repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • representant — someone who acts on behalf of another; representative
  • repristinate — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
  • reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
  • respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
  • resupination — a resupinate condition.
  • retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
  • rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
  • rohnert park — a city in W California.
  • rotten apple — You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.
  • rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
  • saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • saint-pierre — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
  • saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
  • saltpetreman — a supplier of saltpetre
  • sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
  • sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
  • scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
  • sea elephant — elephant seal.
  • seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • separateness — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
  • serpent star — brittle star.
  • serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
  • skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
  • spatter cone — a low, steep-sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent.
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