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12-letter words containing p, a, n, d, r

  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
  • prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
  • propanedioic — malonic.
  • providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
  • pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
  • punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  • punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
  • pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
  • quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
  • quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
  • radiata pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to the western USA. but grown in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to produce building timber
  • radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
  • railroad pen — a ruling pen for drawing two parallel lines.
  • re-landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
  • read up (on) — to become well informed (about) by reading
  • readaptation — the act of adapting.
  • reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
  • reprimanding — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
  • road company — a theatrical group that tours cities and towns, usually performing a single play that is or has been a success in New York City.
  • road pricing — Road pricing is a system of making drivers pay money for driving on certain roads by electronically recording the movement of vehicles on those roads.
  • royal pardon — release from punishment for an offence, granted by a monarch
  • sand springs — a town in NE Oklahoma.
  • sand-sprayed — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar to which is added a mixture of sand and cement in equal parts while the mortar is still wet.
  • sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
  • snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
  • spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
  • spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • sponged ware — spongeware.
  • stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
  • sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
  • supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
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