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12-letter words containing p, r, o, c, t

  • port captain — an official in charge of the harbor activities of a seaport.
  • port chester — a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
  • port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
  • port of call — a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • post-pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
  • postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • postcoronary — of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
  • postdoctoral — of or relating to study or professional work undertaken after the receipt of a doctorate: postdoctoral courses.
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • poster color — poster paint.
  • postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
  • postfracture — taking place after a fracture
  • postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
  • postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • potato crisp — potato chip.
  • powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
  • power factor — (in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps
  • practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-contract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • 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.
  • pre-socratic — of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.
  • precipitator — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
  • precisionist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
  • precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
  • precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
  • preconcerted — prearranged; settled in advance
  • precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • preconstruct — to construct beforehand
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • 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.
  • prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
  • prescription — Medicine/Medical. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
  • preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
  • prestriction — the obstruction of sight
  • prevaricator — a person who speaks falsely; liar.
  • prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
  • privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
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