12-letter words containing s, p, r, o
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- 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.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- prodigiosity — the state or quality of being immense, extraordinary or astonishing
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- proditorious — traitorous
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- professoress — a female professor
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
- progesterone — Biochemistry. a hormone, C 2 1 H 3 0 O 2 , that prepares the uterus for the fertilized ovum and maintains pregnancy.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- promissorily — (in law) in a promissory way
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- proof spirit — an alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60° F). In Britain proof spirit has a specific gravity of .91984.
- proof stress — the load per unit area that a structure can withstand without being permanently deformed by more than a specified amount.
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- propenseness — propensity
- proper class — a class which cannot itself be a member of other classes
- proper psalm — a psalm used only on a particular day or feast
- propertyless — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- 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
- 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.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prosopopoeia — personification, as of inanimate things.
- prosperities — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
- prosperously — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- 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.