12-letter words containing r, o, s, e, a, c
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- pre-socratic — of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.
- precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- process data — data processing
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- proper class — a class which cannot itself be a member of other classes
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- 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.
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- radio source — a cosmic object or phenomenon, as a galaxy, pulsar, quasar, or the remnant of a supernova or of a galactic collision, that emits radio waves.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reconsecrate — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- release copy — an article, notice, announcement, or the like, issued in advance for publication or broadcast, bearing a release date.
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- reproachless — irreproachable.
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
- rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- sacher torte — a chocolate cake covered with apricot jam and chocolate icing, usually served with whipped cream.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- sacred order — Roman Catholic Church. major order.
- sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.