12-letter words containing c, y, p, r, i, s
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paracystitis — inflammation of the connective tissue around the urinary bladder.
- parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
- pay increase — a rise in pay or salary
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- perspicacity — keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- 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
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- post-pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- proctoclysis — the slow, continuous introduction of a solution into the rectum to improve fluid intake.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
- 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.
- pyrognostics — the characteristics of a mineral, such as fusibility and flame coloration, that are revealed by the application of heat
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scissiparity — reproduction by one cell splitting into two
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- special jury — struck jury.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- tachyphrasia — a communication disorder involving rapid, unintelligible speech