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12-letter words containing i, r, o, n, p

  • pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
  • previsionary — having foresight
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
  • prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
  • print unions — the trade unions within the printing industry
  • 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".
  • prison fever — typhus.
  • prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • 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.
  • pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
  • pro-colonial — of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies: the colonial policies of France.
  • pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
  • probationary — the act of testing.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
  • procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
  • processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
  • processioner — a member of a procession
  • prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin
  • prochein ami — next friend.
  • proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
  • prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
  • 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)
  • progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
  • progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
  • prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
  • prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
  • prom monitor — (operating system)   a small program stored in PROM (or ROM), responsible for both loading the OS and providing some means to analyse OS crashes. It may also have some sort of user interface which can be used to examine and change the contents of memory, control the boot process (specifying arguments to the kernel, or changing where to look for the it), and so forth. The main difference between a PROM monitor and a bootstrap loader is that the PROM monitor regains control when the OS terminates. This may enable a wizard to find out what went wrong if the OS crashed, although it is usually of little help for the average sysadmin.
  • promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
  • propanedioic — malonic.
  • prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
  • propitiation — the act of propitiating; conciliation: the propitiation of the wrathful gods.
  • proportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
  • proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
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