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12-letter words containing p, e, r, l, c

  • 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-cultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
  • pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
  • pre-electric — pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity: an electric shock.
  • pre-hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
  • preauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
  • precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
  • precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
  • precipitable — capable of being precipitated.
  • preclassical — occurring or existing in, produced during or characteristic of a period prior to the classical period
  • preclearance — the act of clearing.
  • 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
  • predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • preeclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
  • prelatically — in the manner of a prelate
  • 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.
  • prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • pretenceless — without pretence
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
  • primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
  • primary cell — a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.
  • 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.
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