12-letter words containing c, r, a, s, l
- 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.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- 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.
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- radical axis — the line such that tangents drawn from any point of the line to two given circles are equal in length.
- radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
- radicicolous — living on the roots of plants
- re-landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- recalescence — a brightening exhibited by cooling iron as latent heat of transformation is liberated.
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- release copy — an article, notice, announcement, or the like, issued in advance for publication or broadcast, bearing a release date.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- reproachless — irreproachable.
- researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- risk capital — venture capital.
- rock crystal — transparent quartz, especially when colorless.
- rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
- rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
- sacral nerve — any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
- sacramentals — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- sacroiliitis — the inflammation of the sacroiliac joint
- salescritter — /sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke: Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a computer salesman? A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add: ...and probably knows how to drive.] This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common. Compare marketroid, suit.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- saranac lake — any of three connected lakes (Upper, Middle, & Lower) in the Adirondacks, NE N.Y.
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- sausage curl — a lock of hair formed into a curl resembling a sausage in shape.
- scabbardless — lacking a scabbard or a sheath for a sword or dagger
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scarlet sage — a tender shrub, Salvia splendens, of Brazil, having ovate leaves and bell-shaped scarlet flowers.
- scatter plot — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.