12-letter words containing c, r, i, s, p, n
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necropolises — Plural form of necropolis.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- non-strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonparasitic — Not parasitic.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paracentesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- parascending — parasailing
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pay increase — a rise in pay or salary
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
- percent sign — a symbol (%) for “percent”: a 10% drop in population.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- peristeronic — of, pertaining to, or resembling pigeons
- 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.
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- picnic races — horse races for amateur riders held in rural areas
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- piercingness — the quality or condition of being piercing
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- policeperson — a member of a police force.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- 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.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.