12-letter words containing t, a, u, p
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- perceptually — of, relating to, or involving perception.
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- permaculture — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- 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
- perpetuality — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- perpetuating — to make perpetual.
- perpetuation — to make perpetual.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- perturbative — having a tendency to perturb; disturbing.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- petrol gauge — a gauge that indicates the amount of petrol left in the tank of a vehicle
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- photo layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- picture card — face card
- picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- plain turkey — a bustard
- plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
- plat du jour — the special or featured dish of the day on a restaurant menu.
- platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
- plate armour — armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century
- platitudinal — platitudinous.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- pluriliteral — (in Hebrew grammar) containing more than three letters in the root
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
- pole vaulter — A pole vaulter is an athlete who performs the pole vault.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta