12-letter words containing p, i, s, e, r
- over-promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- overripeness — the state of being too ripe
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- paracentesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- parallelwise — in a parallel manner
- parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parascending — parasailing
- parasitaemia — the condition of having parasites in the blood
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- participates — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
- 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.
- pay increase — a rise in pay or salary
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pedomorphism — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- peeblesshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
- peppershrike — either of two large vireos of the genus Cyclarhis, ranging from Mexico to Chile, and having heavy shrikelike bills.
- pepys' diary — a diary kept by Samuel Pepys from January 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669, in which are recorded his impressions of contemporary London life, the life of the court, and the administration of the navy.
- percent sign — a symbol (%) for “percent”: a 10% drop in population.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- pericarditis — inflammation of the pericardium.
- perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
- perineuritis — inflammation of the perineurium
- period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- periodontist — a specialist in periodontics.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.