12-letter words containing r, e, a, p, l, i
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- optical grep — vgrep
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
- paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- papier colle — collage.
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- parallelling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parallelwise — in a parallel manner
- 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).
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- 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.
- participable — capable of being shared.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- patrilateral — related through the father.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- 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)
- pearl millet — a tall grass, Pennisetum americanum (or P. glaucum), cultivated in Africa, Asia, and the southern U.S. for its edible seeds and as a forage plant.
- pearl primus — Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- 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.
- pedicellaria — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
- 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
- peltier heat — the heat gained or lost at a junction of a thermocouple due to the Peltier effect.
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.