12-letter words containing c, e, t, i, s
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
- 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.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quick assets — assets readily convertible into cash; liquid current assets
- quickstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of quickstep.
- quiesce time — (jargon) The length of time taken to quiesce a system (to render it inactive), or the length of time between periods of inactivity.
- quintessence — the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- reactivities — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
- receptionist — a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- recidivistic — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- 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.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
- rejectionist — an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- respite care — Respite care is short-term care that is provided for very old or very sick people so that the person who usually cares for them can have a break.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.