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12-letter words containing t, r, a, p, u, n

  • nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
  • naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
  • neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
  • neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
  • neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
  • neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
  • neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
  • nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
  • number plate — vehicle's registration panel
  • outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
  • parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasture land — grassland used for grazing
  • pastures new — If someone leaves for greener pastures, or in British English pastures new, they leave their job, their home, or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better.
  • patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
  • patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
  • peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
  • percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • 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.
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • propugnation — defence
  • protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
  • protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  • protuberancy — protuberance.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • pterosaurian — a pterosaur
  • puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
  • puncturation — the act of puncturing
  • punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
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