12-letter words containing p, r, o, y, l, e
- pyroelectric — pertaining to, subject to, or manifesting pyroelectricity.
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- pyrophyllite — Mineralogy. a phyllosilicate, AlSi 2 O 5 (OH), usually having a white or greenish color, and occurring in either foliated or compact masses, the latter variety being used like soapstone.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- release copy — an article, notice, announcement, or the like, issued in advance for publication or broadcast, bearing a release date.
- reply coupon — a coupon sent with an international letter which can be exchanged for stamps sufficient to send a letter back in reply
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- royal purple — a deep bluish purple.
- sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- superpolymer — a superior polymer
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- tetrapyrrole — a chemical formed from four pyrrole rings
- triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
- trolley pole — a pole that transfers the electrical current from the overhead wire to the trolley bus
- un-purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- yellow perch — See under perch2 (def 1).
- yellow peril — (in historical contexts) the alleged danger that predominantly white Western civilizations and populations could be overwhelmed by Asian peoples.
- zephyr cloth — a lightweight worsted cloth.