12-letter words containing a, p, e, s, t
- power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
- power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- pre-disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- pre-estimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- pre-socratic — of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- predestinate — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
- presbyterate — the office of a presbyter or elder.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- present arms — a position of salute in the manual of arms in which the rifle is held in both hands vertically in front of the body, with the muzzle upward and the trigger side forward.
- 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.
- preservatory — a preservative
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- process data — data processing
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- psittacinite — mottramite.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- pulp plaster — plaster containing shredded wood fiber.
- punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.