12-letter words containing r, e, p, a, l
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- over-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- overpedalled — relating to overpedalling
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- oyster plant — salsify.
- 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.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- paleographer — sb who studies ancient scripts
- paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
- panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- papier colle — collage.
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- paralanguage — vocal features that accompany speech and contribute to communication but are not generally considered to be part of the language system, as vocal quality, loudness, and tempo: sometimes also including facial expressions and gestures.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- parallel ata — Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
- parallel sml — ["Parallel SML: A Functional Language and its Implementation in Dactl", Kevin Hammond, Pitman Press 1990].
- parallel top — a parallel line or plane.
- 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).
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- parent metal — the metal of components that are being welded by a molten filler metal
- 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
- parlor house — (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries) a brothel with a comfortable, often elaborately decorated parlor for the reception of clients.
- 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.
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- parole board — panel who evaluate prisoners for release
- parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
- 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.
- party leader — a leader of a political party