12-letter words containing a, c, t, o, n, s
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plastocyanin — a blue protein found in green plants and in some bacteria
- platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
- polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- post captain — (formerly) a naval officer holding a commission as a captain, as distinct from an officer with the courtesy title of captain
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- postcolonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- postcoronary — of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- postsynaptic — being or occurring on the receiving end of a discharge across the synapse.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reconsecrate — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- sans-culotte — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
- santa monica — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles, on Santa Monica Bay: resort.
- santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
- satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- scalp lotion — A scalp lotion is a liquid medication for the treatment of scalp conditions and disorders.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scatteration — the act of scattering.
- scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scot and lot — British History. a municipal tax assessed proportionately upon the members of a community.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scott domain — An algebraic, boundedly complete, complete partial order. Often simply called a domain.
- scout around — search