12-letter words containing t, r, u, s, i
- picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
- picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- picture show — motion picture.
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prerequisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
- print unions — the trade unions within the printing industry
- proditorious — traitorous
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostitution — the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quarterlies' — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- quaternities — Plural form of quaternity.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reillustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- reinstituted — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- requirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- resolutioner — a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
- restauration — restoration
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.