12-letter words containing t, r, a, c, i, l
- perimetrical — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- pictorialism — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- pictorialist — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plagiaristic — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plagiotropic — growing more or less divergent from the vertical.
- plastic arts — arts producing works or effects that are three-dimensional, as sculpture or ceramics
- plastic wrap — a very thin, transparent sheet of plastic, usually packaged in rolls and often having the ability to cling to other substances, used especially to wrap and store food and for microwave cooking.
- politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- porismatical — porismatic
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- practicalism — devotion to practical matters.
- practicalist — devotion to practical matters.
- practicality — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- precipitable — capable of being precipitated.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- prelatically — in the manner of a prelate
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- principality — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protreptical — didactic
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- radiolocator — radar.
- rail traffic — the vehicles, passengers, or freight that are moving from place to place by railway
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- re-calibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.