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12-letter words containing r, e, s, t, o

  • prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
  • preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
  • preposterous — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
  • 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.
  • presentation — an act of presenting.
  • preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • preservatory — a preservative
  • preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
  • press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
  • press report — a report in a newspaper, magazine, etc
  • presser foot — a forked, metal device on a sewing machine used for holding the fabric in place while stitching.
  • prester john — a legendary Christian monk and potentate of the Middle Ages, supposed to have had a kingdom in some remote part of Asia or Africa and associated with fabulous narratives of travel.
  • prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
  • prestriction — the obstruction of sight
  • presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
  • pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • process data — data processing
  • process shot — a shot in which action takes place in front of a screen on which an image already filmed is projected
  • proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
  • profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
  • 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.
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
  • proof stress — the load per unit area that a structure can withstand without being permanently deformed by more than a specified amount.
  • propertyless — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
  • propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
  • proprietress — a woman who owns a business establishment.
  • proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
  • prose writer — a person who writes prose
  • prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
  • prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
  • prosperities — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
  • prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
  • protensively — in the manner of duration
  • protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
  • protest vote — a ballot cast for a candidate with a minimal chance of winning, to register dislike for the other candidates.
  • protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
  • protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
  • protosynthex — A query system for English text.
  • proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
  • pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
  • pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
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