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12-letter words containing o, r, c, i, n

  • porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
  • porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
  • porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
  • porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
  • pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
  • port captain — an official in charge of the harbor activities of a seaport.
  • postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
  • practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • 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-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
  • precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
  • preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
  • precisionism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
  • precisionist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
  • precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
  • precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
  • preconceived — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
  • preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
  • precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • preordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
  • prerecession — of the period before a recession
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • prescription — Medicine/Medical. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
  • preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
  • prestriction — the obstruction of sight
  • 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
  • pro-colonial — of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies: the colonial policies of France.
  • 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.
  • processioner — a member 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.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
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