12-letter words containing s, e, a, n, i, l
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- passing lane — a highway lane in which a driver may pass other vehicles legally.
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- patent still — a type of still in which the distillation is continuous
- pennine alps — a range of the Alps between Switzerland and Italy. Highest peak: Monte Rosa, 4634 m (15 204 ft)
- pennsylvania — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- 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.
- penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- pestilential — producing or tending to produce pestilence.
- phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
- physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- piano lesson — music class in playing the piano
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- plain-spoken — candid; frank; blunt.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plane strain — Plane strain is a two-dimensional state of strain in which all the shape changes of a material happen on a single plane.
- planetesimal — one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis) were fused together to form the planets of the solar system.
- plasteriness — the state of being made of or resembling plaster
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
- polysiloxane — a polymer composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
- possessional — of, relating to, or characterized by possession
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- prelapsarian — Theology. occurring before the Fall: the prelapsarian innocence of Eden.
- presentially — in a presential way
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- real nappies — resuable cloth nappies
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.