12-letter words containing p, e, r, i, t, u
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- 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.
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- 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.
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- pericementum — periodontal membrane.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- perineuritis — inflammation of the perineurium
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- perpetualist — someone who holds to any form of perpetualism
- perpetuality — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- perpetuating — to make perpetual.
- perpetuation — to make perpetual.
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- perturbative — having a tendency to perturb; disturbing.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petit beurre — a small, usually oblong butter cookie.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- picture card — face card
- picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
- picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picture tube — a cathode-ray tube with a screen at one end on which images are reproduced.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
- pipe rupture — A pipe rupture is a break in a pipeline.
- pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
- plain turkey — a bustard
- pluriliteral — (in Hebrew grammar) containing more than three letters in the root
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- police court — an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption