12-letter words containing s, t, r, a, p
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- process data — data processing
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- 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.
- 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
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- 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.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- pulp plaster — plaster containing shredded wood fiber.
- punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- purple state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyloroplasty — the surgical alteration of the pylorus, usually a widening to facilitate the passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
- racket press — a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism, for keeping taut the strings of a tennis racket, squash racket, etc
- radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reciprocates — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- report stage — the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
- representant — someone who acts on behalf of another; representative
- repristinate — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- respite care — Respite care is short-term care that is provided for very old or very sick people so that the person who usually cares for them can have a break.
- 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
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
- risk capital — venture capital.
- rotary press — a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and are impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper.
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool