12-letter words containing p, a, t, i, e
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- parity error — (storage, communications) An error discovered by the inclusion of a parity bit.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
- participable — capable of being shared.
- participance — participation.
- participated — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- participates — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
- passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- patent still — a type of still in which the distillation is continuous
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patriarchate — the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
- patrilateral — related through the father.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
- paying guest — lodger
- peak traffic — traffic at the time it is most busy
- pearl millet — a tall grass, Pennisetum americanum (or P. glaucum), cultivated in Africa, Asia, and the southern U.S. for its edible seeds and as a forage plant.
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- peltier heat — the heat gained or lost at a junction of a thermocouple due to the Peltier effect.
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
- penitentiary — a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
- penning gate — a sluice gate that opens by lifting upward.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentapeptide — a polypeptide consisting of five amino acids
- pentapolitan — of or pertaining to a pentapolis
- penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.