12-letter words containing t, e, p, i
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- pacific time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- 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
- page printer — Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- 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.
- painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
- palaeolithic — the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc
- paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
- palimpsestic — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
- panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
- pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
- pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paper profit — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- paracentesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parameterize — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parasitaemia — the condition of having parasites in the blood
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- parity error — (storage, communications) An error discovered by the inclusion of a parity bit.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
- participable — capable of being shared.
- participance — participation.
- participated — 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.
- 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.
- 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