12-letter words containing p, o, l, r, m
- paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- 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)
- 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
- people mover — any of various forms of mass transit, as moving sidewalks or automated driverless vehicles, used for transporting people along limited, fixed routes, as around airports or congested urban areas.
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- peremptorily — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- photopolymer — a polymer or plastic that undergoes a change in physical or chemical properties when exposed to light.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
- pictorialism — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
- plate armour — armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- platform car — a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.
- pleiotropism — the condition of a gene affecting more than one characteristic of the phenotype
- pleomorphism — existence of an organism in two or more distinct forms during the life cycle; polymorphism.
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
- polymorphism — the state or condition of being polymorphous.
- polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polypharmacy — the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.
- polyrhythmic — the simultaneous occurrence of sharply contrasting rhythms within a composition.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- pommel horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, similar to a vaulting horse but having two graspable pommels on top, used by men for hand-supported balancing, rotating, and swinging maneuvers.
- porismatical — porismatic
- portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
- porto amelia — former name of Pemba (def 2).
- postal meter — a postal franking machine
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- pre-modelled — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.