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12-letter words containing p, r, e, c, i, t

  • petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
  • petrifactive — having the ability to turn substances into stone
  • petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
  • petrogenetic — relating to petrogenesis
  • petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
  • petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
  • phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
  • pi character — any special character, such as an accent or mathematical symbol, which is not normally obtained in a standard type fount
  • pickeringite — a mineral, magnesia alum, occurring usually in the form of white fibrous masses.
  • pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
  • picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
  • picture card — face card
  • picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
  • picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • picture tube — a cathode-ray tube with a screen at one end on which images are reproduced.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pinch hitter — Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
  • pinch-hitter — a batter who acts as a substitute for the scheduled batter
  • pirate coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • pirate perch — a purplish North American freshwater fish, Aphredoderus sayanus, the adult of which has the vent located in back of the lower jaw.
  • pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
  • pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
  • pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
  • pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
  • point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • 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.
  • poliorcetics — the science of siegecraft
  • politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
  • 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.
  • porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
  • practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
  • pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
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