12-letter words containing i, n, s, o, c
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- proscription — the act of proscribing.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- psychognosis — the use of hypnosis to study mental phenomena
- psychonomics — the study of the individual mind in relation to its environment
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pyrognostics — the characteristics of a mineral, such as fusibility and flame coloration, that are revealed by the application of heat
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- quadrisonics — quadraphony.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
- receptionist — a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reconversion — to convert again.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
- rejectionist — an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- sal ammoniac — ammonium chloride.
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
- santa monica — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles, on Santa Monica Bay: resort.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- 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.
- satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot