12-letter words containing p, i, e, c, t
- pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
- pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
- pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- 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
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plane ticket — entitlement to travel by aircraft
- plenipotence — the possession of total authority
- plenipotency — the state of being plenipotent
- pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
- pocket knife — A pocket knife is a small knife with several blades which fold into the handle so that you can carry it around with you safely.
- pocket piece — (in a window frame) a removable part of a pulley stile permitting access to sash weights.
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- 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.
- 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.
- poliorcetics — the science of siegecraft
- politicalize — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- polycythemic — relating to polycythemia
- polypeptidic — relating to a polypeptide
- polyphyletic — developed from more than one ancestral type, as a group of animals.
- polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
- postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
- practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
- pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- pre-electric — pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity: an electric shock.
- pre-socratic — of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.