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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
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