12-letter words containing p, o, t, s
- prior to sth — If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- process data — data processing
- process shot — a shot in which action takes place in front of a screen on which an image already filmed is projected
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- proctoclysis — the slow, continuous introduction of a solution into the rectum to improve fluid intake.
- proctologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- prodigiosity — the state or quality of being immense, extraordinary or astonishing
- proditorious — traitorous
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
- progesterone — Biochemistry. a hormone, C 2 1 H 3 0 O 2 , that prepares the uterus for the fertilized ovum and maintains pregnancy.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- proof spirit — an alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60° F). In Britain proof spirit has a specific gravity of .91984.
- proof stress — the load per unit area that a structure can withstand without being permanently deformed by more than a specified amount.
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- propertyless — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- propositions — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- proprietress — a woman who owns a business establishment.
- proscription — the act of proscribing.
- proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
- prose writer — a person who writes prose
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- prosperities — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostitution — the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- protest vote — a ballot cast for a candidate with a minimal chance of winning, to register dislike for the other candidates.
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- protistology — the biology of the Protista.
- protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psephologist — A psephologist studies how people vote in elections.
- pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.