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12-letter words containing p, e, a, c, l

  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
  • pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
  • picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
  • pimelic acid — a crystalline compound, C 7 H 1 2 O 4 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used in polymers and as a plasticizer.
  • pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
  • pipe cleaner — a short length of twisted flexible wires covered with tufted fabric, used to clean the stem of a smoker's pipe and for various handicrafts.
  • piperacillin — a broad-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin, C 2 3 H 2 6 N 5 NaO 7 , used against certain susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and certain anaerobes, especially P. aeruginosa.
  • pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
  • place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
  • placentation — Anatomy, Zoology. the formation of a placenta. the manner of placement or construction of a placenta.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
  • plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plane ticket — entitlement to travel by aircraft
  • plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
  • planoconcave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
  • plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
  • plaster cast — any piece of sculpture reproduced in plaster of Paris.
  • platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
  • plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
  • play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
  • play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • plenum cable — (hardware)   Cable that can be (legally) installed in the plenum (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law.
  • plumulaceous — having the texture of down.
  • pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
  • poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
  • polar circle — either the Arctic or the Antarctic Circle.
  • pole compass — (formerly) a ship's compass elevated on a wooden pole to isolate it as much as possible from local magnetism.
  • pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
  • police state — a nation in which the police, especially a secret police, summarily suppresses any social, economic, or political act that conflicts with governmental policy.
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • politicalize — to cause to be political; color with politics.
  • politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
  • poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
  • polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
  • polynucleate — having many nuclei.
  • popocatepetl — a volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,887 feet (5450 meters).
  • porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
  • porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
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