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

  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
  • 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.
  • pioneer work — pioneer work does something that has not been done before, for example by developing or using new methods or techniques
  • pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • player piano — a piano that can play automatically when the keys are actuated electronically or by a pneumatic device controlled by a piano roll.
  • pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
  • pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
  • point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
  • point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • pointe-noire — a seaport in the S Republic of Congo.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • polar wander — the movement of the earth's magnetic poles with respect to the geographic poles
  • policeperson — a member of a police force.
  • pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
  • pollen grain — a single granule of pollen.
  • polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
  • polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
  • polyisoprene — a thermoplastic polymer, (C 5 H 8) n , the major constituent of natural rubber and also obtained synthetically.
  • polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
  • 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.
  • pony express — a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
  • 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
  • pornographer — a person who sells, produces, films, photographs, or writes pornography.
  • port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • port hueneme — a city in S California.
  • port-etienne — former name of Nouadhibou.
  • portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • poster paint — an opaque, water-based, typically bright-colored paint with a glue-size or gum binder, that is suitable for use on posters and is usually packaged in jars.
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
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