12-letter words containing c, r, o, s, l, t
- oscillometer — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- otosclerosis — formation of new bone about the stapes or cochlea, resulting in hearing loss.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pest control — rats, insects: extermination
- pictorialism — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- pictorialist — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
- plecopterous — relating to the order Plecoptera or stoneflies
- poliorcetics — the science of siegecraft
- politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyhistoric — relating to a polyhistor
- porismatical — porismatic
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- post-pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postdoctoral — of or relating to study or professional work undertaken after the receipt of a doctorate: postdoctoral courses.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- poster color — poster paint.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- rock crystal — transparent quartz, especially when colorless.
- rock lobster — spiny lobster.
- rock-shelter — a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.
- 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.
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- rust-colored — of the color rust.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- sacroiliitis — the inflammation of the sacroiliac joint
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- 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.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
- scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.