12-letter words containing s, i, p
- peppershrike — either of two large vireos of the genus Cyclarhis, ranging from Mexico to Chile, and having heavy shrikelike bills.
- pepys' diary — a diary kept by Samuel Pepys from January 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669, in which are recorded his impressions of contemporary London life, the life of the court, and the administration of the navy.
- percent sign — a symbol (%) for “percent”: a 10% drop in population.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- pericarditis — inflammation of the pericardium.
- perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
- perineuritis — inflammation of the perineurium
- period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- periodontist — a specialist in periodontics.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
- periselenium — the closest point of the orbit of a spacecraft to the moon
- perispomenon — (of a Greek word) bearing a circumflex accent on the last syllable
- peristeronic — of, pertaining to, or resembling pigeons
- peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
- peristrephic — that turns around or revolves
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- perivisceral — surrounding or situated about the viscera.
- permissioned — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- permissively — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- permissivism — lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior.
- permissivist — lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- perpetualist — someone who holds to any form of perpetualism
- perplexities — the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- persistently — persisting, especially in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: a most annoyingly persistent young man.
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- perspicacity — keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
- perspiration — a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
- perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- pestilential — producing or tending to produce pestilence.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.