12-letter words containing p, r, a, i, s
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- examinership — the office or function of an examiner
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- exasperation — A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
- exasperative — having an exasperating or irritating nature
- expansionary — (of a policy or action) intended to result in economic or political expansion.
- expatriatism — The condition of being an expatriate, especially a deliberate one.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- expropriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expropriate.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fairy shrimp — any member of the crustacean order Anostraca, characterized by an elongate trunk with more than 20 segments and the absence of a carapace, typically found swimming ventral side up in fresh water.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- hemapheresis — apheresis.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- higher apsis — See under apsis.