12-letter words containing p, i, d, o
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- 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.
- prodigiosity — the state or quality of being immense, extraordinary or astonishing
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- proditorious — traitorous
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- 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.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- proofreading — correction of text
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- 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.
- proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- protoduction — (jargon) A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudopodial — a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension.
- pseudopodium — pseudopod.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
- pteridosperm — seed fern.
- pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- put in order — arrange correctly
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
- 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.
- quid pro quo — something that is given or taken in return for something else.