12-letter words containing res
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- mouse arrest — (jargon) Getting busted for violating an on-line service's rule of conduct. "Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse arrest."
- mullet dress — a dress whose skirt is cut short at the front but long at the back
- multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- neural crest — a group of ectodermal cells that develop into a variety of tissues, including spinal and autonomic ganglia, connective tissue around the brain and spinal cord, and parts of the facial bones.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- non-resident — not resident in a particular place.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- non-resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- nondepressed — (esp of an emotional state) not depressed
- nonresidence — (uncountable) The state or condition of being nonresident.
- nonresidents — Plural form of nonresident.
- nonresilient — Not resilient.
- nonresistant — not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
- nonresisting — Unresisting; without resistance.
- nonresponder — something or someone that does not respond
- nonrestraint — absence or lack of restraint.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- offset press — a printing press used in the offset process, whereby a printing the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- oleoresinous — pertaining to, characteristic of, or containing oleoresin.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- ore dressing — Metallurgy. the mechanical processes by which valuable minerals are separated from ore.
- overcompress — to compress, squeeze or condense excessively
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overpressure — pressure in excess of normal atmospheric pressure, as that caused by an explosion's shock wave or created in an accelerating airplane.
- overstressed — to lay stress on; emphasize.
- pastures new — If someone leaves for greener pastures, or in British English pastures new, they leave their job, their home, or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better.
- penny shares — Penny shares are shares that are offered for sale at a low price.
- perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
- phosphoresce — to be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.
- plane stress — Plane stress is a two-dimensional state of stress in which all stress is applied in a single plane.
- pony express — a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
- port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
- postmistress — a woman in charge of a post office.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- presbyterate — the office of a presbyter or elder.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prescreening — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- prescription — Medicine/Medical. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
- prescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.