12-letter words containing p, o, l, t, r, n
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- 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.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- proportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- replantation — to plant again.
- repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- 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.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rotten apple — You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- spin control — Slang. an attempt to give a bias to news coverage, especially of a political candidate or event.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- streptosolen — a type of South American shrub grown for ornamental purposes, with orange trumpet-shaped flowers
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
- to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.