12-letter words containing p, a, t, i, e, n
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- privateering — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- 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.
- protein-coat — the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psittacinite — mottramite.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- 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
- 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.
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- speciational — relating to speciation