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12-letter words containing r, e, t, i, n, o

  • petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
  • petrogenesis — the branch of petrology dealing with the origin and formation of rocks.
  • petrogenetic — relating to petrogenesis
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
  • point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
  • point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
  • pointe-noire — a seaport in the S Republic of Congo.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
  • polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
  • porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
  • porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
  • port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
  • port-etienne — former name of Nouadhibou.
  • poster paint — an opaque, water-based, typically bright-colored paint with a glue-size or gum binder, that is suitable for use on posters and is usually packaged in jars.
  • postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
  • poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
  • pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
  • pre-ignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
  • pre-position — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
  • pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • precisionist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
  • precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
  • precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
  • precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • preformation — previous formation.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • premigration — occurring before migration
  • prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
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