12-letter words containing c, o, p, r, t
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- process data — data processing
- process shot — a shot in which action takes place in front of a screen on which an image already filmed is projected
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- proctoclysis — the slow, continuous introduction of a solution into the rectum to improve fluid intake.
- proctologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- product mark — a trademark used on only one product.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
- project note — a short-term municipal note issued by a local government housing agency to finance a public housing project.
- projectivity — of or relating to projection.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- proscription — the act of proscribing.
- proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
- 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.
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protectorate — the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls.
- protein-coat — the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protoduction — (jargon) A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
- protomorphic — having a primitive character or structure.
- 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.
- protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
- prototrophic — (especially of certain bacteria) requiring only inorganic substances for growth.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protreptical — didactic
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- psychotropic — affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.