12-letter words containing p, r, o, c, n
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- cross potent — a cross with equal arms, each of which ends in a bar
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- crown canopy — canopy (def 4).
- crown prince — A Crown Prince is a prince who will be king of his country when the present king or queen dies.
- cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- eden project — an environmental complex containing the world's largest greenhouse, built in a disused clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall, to study plant populations in a variety of environments
- electrophone — (music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electrical currents.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- free company — a band of free companions.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.