12-letter words containing p, e, r, i, n
- reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- representing — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- reprimanding — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- repristinate — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- reproportion — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
- reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- residentship — a person who resides in a place.
- resipiscence — acknowledgment that one has been mistaken
- 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
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resuspension — the act of suspending.
- retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- ring spanner — tool for turning screws
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- roman empire — the lands and peoples subject to the authority of ancient Rome.
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- running pine — a ground pine, Lycopodium clavatum.
- saint-pierre — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- screen print — artwork made by screen-printing
- screen-print — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- septentrions — the seven stars of the Plough
- serendipiter — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- serpentinely — in a serpentine fashion
- serpentinite — a rock containing large quantities of serpentine
- serpentinize — to convert (a mineral or rock) into serpentine.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine