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12-letter words containing p, i, e, o

  • possessively — jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
  • post-it note — a small square of sticky paper on which notes can be written
  • post-tussive — of or relating to a cough.
  • post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • postaccident — occurring after an accident
  • postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
  • postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
  • postelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • poster paint — an opaque, water-based, typically bright-colored paint with a glue-size or gum binder, that is suitable for use on posters and is usually packaged in jars.
  • posteriority — the state or quality of being posterior.
  • posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
  • postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
  • postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
  • postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
  • postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
  • postliterate — of or relating to a (hypothetical) time or stage in society when literacy is no longer necessary or valued
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • postmistress — a woman in charge of a post office.
  • postpositive — (of a word, particle, or affix) placed after a word to modify it or to show its relation to other elements of a sentence.
  • potentiality — the state or quality of being potential.
  • potentiation — the act of potentiating
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
  • pouilly-fume — a dry, white wine from the Loire Valley of France.
  • poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
  • power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • power series — an infinite series in which the terms are coefficients times successive powers of a given variable, or times products of powers of two or more variables.
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
  • power-driven — powered by an electric motor
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
  • prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
  • prairie rose — a climbing rose, Rosa setigera, of the central U.S., having pinkish to white flowers: the state flower of North Dakota.
  • prairie soil — a soil that forms in subhumid, temperate regions with tall grass as native vegetation.
  • prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
  • praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
  • pre-colonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
  • 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.
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