12-letter words containing s, p, o, n, r
- 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.
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- 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.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- 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.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
- reinspection — the act or process of reinspecting
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- repairperson — a person whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- repossession — to possess again; regain possession of, especially for nonpayment of money due.
- reprehension — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- responseless — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resuspension — the act of suspending.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.