12-letter words containing c, e, n, s, u, r
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
- preassurance — a guarantee or assurance offered beforehand
- precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
- preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
- preconstruct — to construct beforehand
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- queen closer — a brick of normal length and thickness but of half normal width, used to complete a course or to space regular bricks.
- quinceaneras — Plural form of quinceanera.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- square dance — hoedown, barn dance
- square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subreference — a secondary reference