12-letter words containing pa
- base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
- battery-park — The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
- beam compass — an instrument for drawing large circles or arcs, consisting of a horizontal beam along which two vertical legs slide
- beer parlour — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc in which beer is served
- bell's palsy — a usually temporary paralysis of the muscles of the face, normally on one side
- bernina pass — a pass in the Alps between SE Switzerland and N Italy, east of Piz Bernina. Height: 2323 m (7622 ft)
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- black papers — unofficial papers criticizing government policy
- blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- booklet pane — Philately. any of a number of panes or small pages of postage stamps, stapled together into a booklet for the convenience of users.
- bottle party — a party to which guests bring drink
- brenner pass — a pass over the E Alps, between Austria and Italy. Highest point: 1372 m (4501 ft)
- bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
- bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
- buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
- butter paper — a semi-transparent, waterproof paper used for wrapping butter, etc
- bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- capacitating — Present participle of capacitate.
- capacitation — to make capable; enable.
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape matapan — a cape in S Greece, at the S central tip of the Peloponnese: the southern point of the mainland of Greece
- cape sparrow — a sparrow, Passer melanurus, very common in southern Africa: family Ploceidae
- carbon paper — Carbon paper is thin paper with a dark substance on one side. You use it to make copies of letters, bills, and other papers.
- care package — Also, CARE package. a package containing food, clothing, or other items sent as necessities to the needy.
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
- cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
- charterparty — an agreement for the hire of all or part of a ship for a specified voyage or period of time
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- cleft palate — If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly.