12-letter words containing s, o, c, i, p
- post-pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- postbiblical — occurring after the events written about in the Bible, occurring after the Bible was written
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postcolonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- postelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- postexercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
- posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.
- postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- postsphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- postsynaptic — being or occurring on the receiving end of a discharge across the synapse.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- potato crisp — potato chip.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- 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-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- pre-socratic — of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precisionism — (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.
- 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.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
- prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- prerecession — of the period before a recession
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- 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.
- press office — a section of a government department or other organization responsible for dealing with the press
- prestriction — the obstruction of sight
- 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.
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- processioner — a member of a procession
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proctoclysis — the slow, continuous introduction of a solution into the rectum to improve fluid intake.
- proctologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature