12-letter words containing o, n, p, a, e, r
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformation — previous formation.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- premigration — occurring before migration
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
- prenominally — before a noun
- preoccupancy — the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
- preordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
- preponderant — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- preponderate — to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
- presentation — an act of presenting.
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- previsionary — having foresight
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- 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.
- 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.
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- pro-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
- pro-japanese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- proofreading — correction of text
- 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
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- 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.
- 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.
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.