12-letter words containing p, l, e, a, s, u
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- luteal phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, lasting about two weeks, from ovulation to the beginning of the next menstrual flow.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- multiseptate — having several septa or chambers
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- parlor house — (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries) a brothel with a comfortable, often elaborately decorated parlor for the reception of clients.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- peacefulness — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- perpetualist — someone who holds to any form of perpetualism
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- plumulaceous — having the texture of down.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polypetalous — having a corolla of separate petals.
- polysepalous — having a calyx of separate or unconnected sepals.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.