12-letter words containing a, i, r, p, s
- preeclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- prelapsarian — Theology. occurring before the Fall: the prelapsarian innocence of Eden.
- preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- presentation — an act of presenting.
- presentative — (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.
- presentially — in a presential way
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preservative — something that preserves or tends to preserve.
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
- previsionary — having foresight
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prosopopoeia — personification, as of inanimate things.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
- radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.