12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, p, t
- proudhearted — full of pride.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach
- 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.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- pyrotartrate — a salt derived from pyrotartaric acid
- quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
- radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.
- radiotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
- re-apportion — to apportion or distribute anew.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- readaptation — the act of adapting.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reciprocator — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- repagination — Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.
- repatriation — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
- repeat order — request to buy sth again
- reperforator — (especially in teletype transmission) a machine for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages so that they may later be retransmitted: used for automatic typesetting.
- rephotograph — to photograph again
- replantation — to plant again.
- repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- report stage — the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- rotary press — a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and are impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper.
- rotten apple — You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.