12-letter words containing o, l, e, r, a, c
- preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- 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.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protreptical — didactic
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- rear echelon — (in a military operation) the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc.
- reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- record label — recorded music production company
- recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- release copy — an article, notice, announcement, or the like, issued in advance for publication or broadcast, bearing a release date.
- renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reproachless — irreproachable.
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
- rhopaloceral — of or relating to creatures from the Rhopalocera division of animals, which includes all butterflies, distinguished from moths on account of their club-shaped antennae
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets