12-letter words starting with p
- paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
- paleoecology — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
- paleogeology — the science of representing geologic conditions of some given time in past earth history.
- paleographer — sb who studies ancient scripts
- paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
- paleological — the study of antiquities.
- paleontology — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- paleozoology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil animals.
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- palimpsestic — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- palingenesis — rebirth; regeneration.
- pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- palm cabbage — cabbage palm.
- palm islands — a group of three man-made island systems under construction just off the shore in Dubai, each in the shape of a palm tree
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- palm warbler — a North American wood warbler, Dendroica palmarum, brown above and whitish or yellowish below.
- palo cortado — a rich, dry sherry
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- pama-nyungan — a family of Australian aboriginal languages, the most widespread within the Australian group of languages.
- pampas grass — a tall, ornamental grass, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, having large, thick, feathery, silvery-white panicles.
- pamperedness — the state of being pampered
- pan and scan — a technique for changing the aspect ratio of a wide-screen film, usually by selecting the significant section of each film frame and cropping the sides, so that it can be transmitted in 4:3 aspect ratio.
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
- pan-asianism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance of all the Asian nations.
- pan-european — of or relating to all or most of the countries of Europe.
- pan-islamism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all Muslim nations.
- panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
- panama canal — a canal extending SE from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- panarthritis — arthritis in the entire joint
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
- panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
- pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
- pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
- panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
- panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
- panic attack — an intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency