12-letter words containing p, e, k, a
- 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.
- pepper steak — strips of beefsteak sautéed with strips of green pepper and onion, and often flavored with soy sauce.
- peppershaker — a container with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
- pereira bark — the bark of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Geissospermum, of the dogbane family, especially that of G. vellosii, used in Brazil to allay fever.
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- petach tikva — a city in W Israel, NE of Tel Aviv.
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
- phrase-maker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
- pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
- pkware, inc. — (company, compression) The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA
- plain turkey — a bustard
- plain-spoken — candid; frank; blunt.
- plane ticket — entitlement to travel by aircraft
- 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
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
- pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- pre-packaged — Pre-packaged foods have been prepared in advance and put in plastic or cardboard containers to be sold.
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- puck-carrier — the player who has the puck and moves it along.
- puffa jacket — a warm quilted and padded jacket
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- put-and-take — any of various games of chance played with a teetotum or other special type of top, in which each player puts in an equal stake before starting to spin the top.
- pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
- racket press — a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism, for keeping taut the strings of a tennis racket, squash racket, etc
- radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
- raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).