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12-letter words containing r, c, o, l, i, n

  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-colonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
  • pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
  • precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
  • preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • 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.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
  • prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
  • pro-colonial — of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies: the colonial policies of France.
  • procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
  • processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
  • proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
  • protectingly — in a protective manner
  • provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
  • recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • recollection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
  • reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
  • reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
  • retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
  • rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
  • ribbon cable — (hardware)   A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • riot control — the activity of quelling or containing a riot
  • roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
  • romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
  • scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
  • scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
  • 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.
  • scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
  • spin control — Slang. an attempt to give a bias to news coverage, especially of a political candidate or event.
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