12-letter words containing p, r, o, n
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- rotten apple — You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- royal pardon — release from punishment for an offence, granted by a monarch
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- run-of-paper — R.O.P.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- season creep — the gradual changing in the length of the seasons, as demonstrated by earlier flowering of plants, etc, thought by many to be caused by climate change
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- septentrions — the seven stars of the Plough
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- siphonophore — any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps.
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- snooperscope — a device that displays on a fluorescent screen reflected infrared radiation, enabling the user to see objects obscured by darkness.
- snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- song sparrow — a small emberizine songbird, Melospiza melodia, common in North America.
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- sparcstation — (computer) A family of workstations from Sun Microsystems based on the SPARC architecture. Models include the SPARCStation 1, 1+, SLC, SPARCStation ELC, IPX, SPARCStation 5, SPARCStation 10 and SPARCStation 20.
- spatter cone — a low, steep-sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent.