12-letter words containing l, o, s, c
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- 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.
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- proper class — a class which cannot itself be a member of other classes
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- 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.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- 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.
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- pseudocoelom — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
- psychologist — a specialist in psychology.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public works — government-funded construction
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- quasilogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- queen closer — a brick of normal length and thickness but of half normal width, used to complete a course or to space regular bricks.
- quelquechose — kickshaw.
- radicicolous — living on the roots of plants
- re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- release copy — an article, notice, announcement, or the like, issued in advance for publication or broadcast, bearing a release date.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- reproachless — irreproachable.
- resourceless — a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- ridiculously — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- 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.