12-letter words containing p, c, l, i
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
- paroccipital — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process; paramastoid
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- participable — capable of being shared.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- particularly — in a particular or to an exceptional degree; especially: He read it with particularly great interest.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- pascal-linda — Ian Flockhart, U Edinburgh, 1991. Under development.
- 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.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- 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.
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- pedicellaria — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pediculicide — Also, pediculicidal. destructive to lice.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- pelvic floor — muscles beneath the pelvis
- 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.
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
- peptic ulcer — an erosion of the mucous membrane of the lower esophagus, stomach, or duodenum, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice.
- peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perceptively — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
- perimetrical — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- perivisceral — surrounding or situated about the viscera.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
- pestological — relating to pestology
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness