12-letter words containing p, i, l
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- papal nuncio — someone, such as an archbishop, who is a state's representative of or ambassador to the Pope
- papier colle — collage.
- papistically — in the manner of the Roman Catholic Church or a Roman Catholic
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paradisaical — paradisiacal.
- paradisiacal — of, like, or befitting paradise.
- paraffin-oil — a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- parallelling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parallelwise — in a parallel manner
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- paramilitary — noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force: a paramilitary police unit.
- paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- paroccipital — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process; paramastoid
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- parrot tulip — a variety of the cultivated tulip Tulipa gesnerana, having variously colored, often double flowers with fringed petals.
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
- partializing — to bias.
- participable — capable of being shared.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- particularly — in a particular or to an exceptional degree; especially: He read it with particularly great interest.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- party animal — person who frequents drinking parties
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- pascal-linda — Ian Flockhart, U Edinburgh, 1991. Under development.
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- passing lane — a highway lane in which a driver may pass other vehicles legally.
- passion play — a dramatic representation of the passion of Christ, as that given every ten years at the Bavarian village of Oberammergau.
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- patent still — a type of still in which the distillation is continuous
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease