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12-letter words containing e, p, i, t, o, n

  • postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
  • postelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
  • poster paint — an opaque, water-based, typically bright-colored paint with a glue-size or gum binder, that is suitable for use on posters and is usually packaged in jars.
  • postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • potentiality — the state or quality of being potential.
  • potentiation — the act of potentiating
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
  • pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • 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-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
  • pre-ignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
  • pre-position — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
  • pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • precisionist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
  • precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
  • precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
  • precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • preformation — previous formation.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • premigration — occurring before migration
  • prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
  • prescription — Medicine/Medical. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
  • preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
  • presentation — an act of presenting.
  • preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • prestriction — the obstruction of sight
  • pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
  • printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
  • printer port — (hardware, printer)   A connector found on many microcomputers intended for attaching a printer. This may be a general-purpose input/output parallel port or may be a special Centronics interface. Most printers can also be connected to a serial port but that is unlikely to be described as a "printer port".
  • privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
  • progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
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