12-letter words containing p, i, n, a, r
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- boating trip — a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
- brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- capricornean — born under or characteristic of Capricorn
- capricornian — a person born under the sign of Capricorn, usually between December 22nd and January 19th.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chip carving — wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.
- compartition — (obsolete) The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- comportation — (obsolete) The act of bringing together.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- conspiracies — Plural form of conspiracy.
- conspiracist — a person who believes in or supports a conspiracy theory.
- conspiration — a conspiracy
- conspirators — Plural form of conspirator.
- conspiratory — the act of conspiring.
- contraptions — Plural form of contraption.
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.