12-letter words containing a, p, o, s, t, r
- poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
- poster paint — an opaque, water-based, typically bright-colored paint with a glue-size or gum binder, that is suitable for use on posters and is usually packaged in jars.
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postliterate — of or relating to a (hypothetical) time or stage in society when literacy is no longer necessary or valued
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- potato crisp — potato chip.
- 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.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-socratic — of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
- presentation — an act of presenting.
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- 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.
- 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
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- 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.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- 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.
- 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.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyloroplasty — the surgical alteration of the pylorus, usually a widening to facilitate the passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something