12-letter words containing s, p, i, r, o
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- propositions — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- proprietress — a woman who owns a business establishment.
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- proscription — the act of proscribing.
- proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
- prose writer — a person who writes prose
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prosopopoeia — personification, as of inanimate things.
- prosperities — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostitution — the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.
- prosyllogism — a syllogism the conclusion of which is used as a premise of another syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the last.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- protistology — the biology of the Protista.
- protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provisioning — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- proximities' — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- psychotropic — affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug.
- pteridosperm — seed fern.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- public works — government-funded construction
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyrognostics — the characteristics of a mineral, such as fusibility and flame coloration, that are revealed by the application of heat
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- rapeseed oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- re-deposited — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
- receptionist — a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- redemptorist — a member of the “Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,” founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori in 1732.