12-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- 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.
- privateering — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- 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-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
- pro-japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- 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.
- prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin
- prochein ami — next friend.
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- 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.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- 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.
- progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
- program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- 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.
- 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.).
- 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.
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- propitiation — the act of propitiating; conciliation: the propitiation of the wrathful gods.
- proportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
- propugnation — defence
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- 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.
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.