12-letter words containing n, a, o, c, r, e
- pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- picrocarmine — a red powder containing carmine and picric acid which is used in staining processes
- pindaric ode — an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- ponce around — If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously.
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- pre-colonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- pre-contract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- preannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- preoccupancy — the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
- preordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- 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.
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- 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.
- prochein ami — next friend.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- propanedioic — malonic.
- protein-coat — the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quattrocento — the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.