12-letter words containing s, p, e, a
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pack of lies — false account
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- palais glide — a dance with high kicks and gliding steps in which performers link arms in a row
- pale-skinned — having pale skin
- palimpsestic — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palingenesis — rebirth; regeneration.
- pamperedness — the state of being pampered
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
- pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
- pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
- panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- papal states — the temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 ad until the unification of Italy in 1870
- paper-pusher — a person who has a routine desk job.
- papoose-root — the blue cohosh. See under cohosh.
- paracenteses — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- paracentesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- parallel sml — ["Parallel SML: A Functional Language and its Implementation in Dactl", Kevin Hammond, Pitman Press 1990].
- parallelwise — in a parallel manner
- parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parascending — parasailing
- parasitaemia — the condition of having parasites in the blood
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
- parlor house — (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries) a brothel with a comfortable, often elaborately decorated parlor for the reception of clients.
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
- participates — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- pas de trois — a dance for three dancers.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower