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12-letter words containing t, e, p, i

  • piatra neamt — a city in NE Romania, in Moldavia.
  • pickeringite — a mineral, magnesia alum, occurring usually in the form of white fibrous masses.
  • picket fence — a fence consisting of pickets or pales nailed to horizontal stringers between upright posts.
  • picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
  • pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
  • picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
  • picture card — face card
  • picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
  • picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • picture tube — a cathode-ray tube with a screen at one end on which images are reproduced.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pied a terre — a residence, as an apartment, for part-time or temporary use.
  • pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
  • pied-a-terre — a residence, as an apartment, for part-time or temporary use.
  • piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
  • pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
  • pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • pilot engine — a locomotive sent on ahead of a railroad train to see that the way is clear and the track safe.
  • pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
  • pilot ladder — Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
  • pinch effect — the tendency of an electric conductor or stream of charged particles to constrict, caused by the action of a magnetic field that is produced by a flow of electricity.
  • pinch hitter — Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
  • pinch-hitter — a batter who acts as a substitute for the scheduled batter
  • pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
  • pipe fitting — a joint or connector, as an elbow, union, or tee, used in a pipe system.
  • pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
  • pipe rupture — A pipe rupture is a break in a pipeline.
  • pipe tobacco — tobacco suitable for use in a tobacco pipe
  • pirate coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • pirate perch — a purplish North American freshwater fish, Aphredoderus sayanus, the adult of which has the vent located in back of the lower jaw.
  • pirate radio — radio broadcasting illegally
  • pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
  • piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
  • pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
  • pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
  • pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
  • pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
  • pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
  • pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
  • placentation — Anatomy, Zoology. the formation of a placenta. the manner of placement or construction of a placenta.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • plain turkey — a bustard
  • 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.
  • plane ticket — entitlement to travel by aircraft
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