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

  • paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
  • paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
  • paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
  • paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
  • paleological — the study of antiquities.
  • pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
  • papier colle — collage.
  • paralipomena — Chronicles.
  • paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
  • parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
  • parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
  • parochialise — to make parochial.
  • parochialize — to make parochial.
  • paroemiology — the study of proverbs
  • partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
  • particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
  • peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
  • pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
  • peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
  • pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
  • pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
  • pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
  • pelvic floor — muscles beneath the pelvis
  • penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
  • pend oreille — a river in NE Washington, N Idaho, and SE British Columbia, flowing NW to the Columbia River. 130 miles (209 km) long.
  • pension plan — a systematic plan created and maintained, as by a corporation, to make regular payments of benefits to retired or disabled employees, either on a contributory or a noncontributory basis.
  • pentapolitan — of or pertaining to a pentapolis
  • peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
  • perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • percussional — of or relating to percussion
  • peremptorily — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
  • perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
  • periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
  • periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
  • peritoneally — through the peritoneum
  • perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
  • perorational — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a peroration
  • personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personalized — customized
  • pestological — relating to pestology
  • petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
  • petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
  • phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
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