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12-letter words containing p, r, o, n

  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
  • profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
  • profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
  • 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.
  • progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
  • program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
  • progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
  • project note — a short-term municipal note issued by a local government housing agency to finance a public housing project.
  • prolegomenon — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
  • prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
  • prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
  • prom monitor — (operating system)   a small program stored in PROM (or ROM), responsible for both loading the OS and providing some means to analyse OS crashes. It may also have some sort of user interface which can be used to examine and change the contents of memory, control the boot process (specifying arguments to the kernel, or changing where to look for the it), and so forth. The main difference between a PROM monitor and a bootstrap loader is that the PROM monitor regains control when the OS terminates. This may enable a wizard to find out what went wrong if the OS crashed, although it is usually of little help for the average sysadmin.
  • promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
  • pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
  • propanedioic — malonic.
  • propenseness — propensity
  • property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
  • prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
  • propitiation — the act of propitiating; conciliation: the propitiation of the wrathful gods.
  • proportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
  • proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
  • propositions — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
  • propoxyphene — Pharmacology. a nonnarcotic analgesic, C 2 2 H 2 9 NO 2 .
  • propugnation — defence
  • proscription — the act of proscribing.
  • 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.
  • protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
  • protectingly — in a protective manner
  • protein-coat — the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
  • protensively — in the manner of duration
  • proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
  • protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
  • prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
  • prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
  • protoduction — (jargon)   A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
  • protosynthex — A query system for English text.
  • prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
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