12-letter words containing c, e, n, t, r, p
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- peristeronic — of, pertaining to, or resembling pigeons
- perle cotton — a two-ply mercerized cotton thread used chiefly in handweaving and needlework.
- pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- peru current — Humboldt current
- pest control — rats, insects: extermination
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- petrogenetic — relating to petrogenesis
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- pickeringite — a mineral, magnesia alum, occurring usually in the form of white fibrous masses.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pinch hitter — Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
- pinch-hitter — a batter who acts as a substitute for the scheduled batter
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- 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.
- practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
- pre-contract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- 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-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- precipitance — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- precipitancy — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- precisionist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
- precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- preconcerted — prearranged; settled in advance
- precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
- preconstruct — to construct beforehand
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- prenticeship — an apprenticeship
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- prescription — Medicine/Medical. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presentenced — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.