12-letter words containing o, t, s, u
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- print unions — the trade unions within the printing industry
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- proditorious — traitorous
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- 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.
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostitution — the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.
- pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- push through — force to accept
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- put to sleep — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quantisation — Alternative spelling of quantization.
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionings — Plural form of questioning.
- questionless — unquestionable; doubtless: a questionless fact.
- quintillions — Plural form of quintillion.
- quota system — a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- raoult's law — the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- request stop — a point on a route at which a bus will stop only if signalled to do so
- reset button — control that restores a default setting
- resoluteness — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- resolutioner — a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
- restauration — restoration
- resupination — a resupinate condition.