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12-letter words containing p, r, e, s, t, m

  • misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
  • misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
  • misrepresent — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
  • monoterpenes — Plural form of monoterpene.
  • montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.
  • mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
  • mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
  • multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
  • multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
  • multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
  • mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
  • mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
  • mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
  • nephrostomes — Plural form of nephrostome.
  • nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
  • neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
  • operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • optometrists — Plural form of optometrist.
  • osmoreceptor — A sensory receptor, primarily found in the hypothalamus of most homeothermic organisms, that detects changes in osmotic pressure.
  • overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
  • overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • panspermatic — relating to panspermia
  • parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
  • parasitaemia — the condition of having parasites in the blood
  • pastry cream — a creamy custard, often flavoured, used as a filling for éclairs, flans, etc
  • periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
  • peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
  • permissivist — lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior.
  • perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
  • petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • pleiotropism — the condition of a gene affecting more than one characteristic of the phenotype
  • polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
  • port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
  • postal meter — a postal franking machine
  • postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • postmistress — a woman in charge of a post office.
  • power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
  • pre-estimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
  • premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • present arms — a position of salute in the manual of arms in which the rifle is held in both hands vertically in front of the body, with the muzzle upward and the trigger side forward.
  • presenteeism — the practice of coming to work despite illness, injury, anxiety, etc., often resulting in reduced productivity.
  • presentiment — a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding.
  • presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
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