12-letter words containing sio
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- passion play — a dramatic representation of the passion of Christ, as that given every ten years at the Bavarian village of Oberammergau.
- passion week — the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
- pension fund — a fund created and maintained, as by a corporation, to provide benefits under a pension plan.
- pension plan — a systematic plan created and maintained, as by a corporation, to make regular payments of benefits to retired or disabled employees, either on a contributory or a noncontributory basis.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- permissioned — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- photofission — nuclear fission induced by the absorption of a high-energy photon.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physiologies — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- physiologist — a specialist in physiology.
- possessional — of, relating to, or characterized by possession
- possessioned — having possessions
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- precisionism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
- precisionist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
- prerecession — of the period before a recession
- pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
- previsionary — having foresight
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- processioner — a member of a procession
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- 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.
- re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- reconversion — to convert again.
- reimpression — a second or repeated impression.
- 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.
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- resuspension — the act of suspending.
- retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retroversion — a looking or turning back.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- reversionist — a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
- root version — The initial value of an object in a change management system.
- secessionism — a person who secedes, advocates secession, or claims secession as a constitutional right.
- secessionist — a person who secedes, advocates secession, or claims secession as a constitutional right.
- seclusionist — a person who prefers to be alone or secluded
- specksioneer — a whaler