12-letter words containing p, e, r, l, c, o
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plecopterous — relating to the order Plecoptera or stoneflies
- plerocercoid — the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult.
- polar circle — either the Arctic or the Antarctic Circle.
- police court — an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.
- police force — police (def 1).
- police power — the power of a nation, within the limits of its constitution, to regulate the conduct of its citizens in the interest of the common good.
- policeperson — a member of a police force.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- poliorcetics — the science of siegecraft
- politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
- poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- poster color — poster paint.
- pre-colonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- 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.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.