12-Letter Words Containing R

An instrument used to measure the rotation of the plane of polarization of polarized light passing through an optical structure or sample.

Polariscope

""Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations. as, polariscopic observations.""

""The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.""

POLAROGRAPH

Party under cover (wordplay)

Person taking out insurance

Person with insurance

Poliovirus

Things that go bump in the night

Noisy ghosts.

Let priests go to remove mischievous spirits

CENTRISM a moderate political philosophy

Polychromy

CHROMING a chromium ore

Polycrystal

DISPERSE to {scatter=v}

""The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.""

POLYGRAPHER polygraph

POLYGRAPH An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.

""Pl. polyhedroses (-s z) Any of several diseases of insect larvae, caused by infestation with polyhedral virus particles.""

""Pl. polyhedroses (-s z) Any of several diseases of insect larvae, caused by infestation with polyhedral virus particles.""

HISTORIC important in history

POLYMERISE

""POLYMERIZE To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde. polymerize aldehyde.""

Same as Pleomorphism. Pleomorphism.

""Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. as, a polymorphous author.""

NEURITIS inflammation of a nerve

Of music, using more than one apparent time signature simultaneously

RIBOSOME a particle composed of protein and RNA

Polysorbate

Polystyrene

Your elephant (anag-) synthetic resin

Pomegranate

""PONTIFICATE The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.""

POPULARISE

Popularity

Popularizer

""POPULARIZE To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. as, to popularize philosophy.""

PORCELAIN Purslain.

""A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.""

""Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.""

""Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing. as, pornographic writing.""

Porousness

""A purple pigment similar to rhodopsin, found in the rods of the retinas of freshwater fishes and certain frogs.""

Portcullis

Portentous

Steaks in beer supplied by pubs

Portliness

Traveling bags

Chap splits drinks with us - bags of them

""Pl. portmanteaus or portmanteaux (-t z, -t z ) A large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments.""

Portraitist

Portraiture

Positronium

Noun (-tion)

Adjective meaning resembling

English word

Noun (-ery)

(Of research) done after a second degree

Type of study after getting an advanced degree (2 words)

""The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; opposed to priority. as, posteriority of time, or of an event; opposed to priority.""

Adjective (-ive)

POSTEXERCISE

Noun (-ure)

Noun (-ure)

Candidate for a Ph.D., say

Person studying after obtaining a degree

Continuing student

Adjective (-al)

POSTLITERATE

Race-starting lady (wordplay)

Local head in mail service

Handles letters for concubine behind pillar

Adjective (-ic)

Immediately after a meal

Occurring after a meal

After dinner

Adjective (-ic)

Adjective (-ical)

English word

Potentiator

A realistic matter

Professional person, esp. doctor

One involved in medicine, such as a GP

Part in erotic play for skilled operator

Praetorship

PRAGMATIC One skilled in affairs.

PRAGMATIC One skilled in affairs.

PRAGMATIST One who is pragmatic.

Why a report is strangely admirable

Deserving of approval

A showery trip rearranged? That's commendable

""A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next of the scale; -- called also the inverted mordente.inverted mordente.""

PRANKISH mischievous

""An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.""

Praxeology

Preachify

""Lit., previous admission;""

Preadmit

Preallot

AMPLIFIER One who or that which amplifies.

ANNOUNCED announce

Preannounce

APPROVING approve

ARRANGING arrange

ASSEMBLED assemble

Preassign

Prebendary

""BREAKFAST The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.""

Precancel

CANCELLED cancel

""CANCEROUS Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth.as, a cancerous growth.""

Unpredictably but properly entertaining start to rowboat race at sea

Precedency

Precensor

PRECENTOR A leader of a choir; a directing singer.

Of or pertaining to a preceptor.

Preceptory

""Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes. as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.""

Preciosity

The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness.

""Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.) Precipitate, n. (Chem.)""

The quality of being precipitant.

""The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth.as, the precipitancy of youth.""

Precipitant

Brought about

Precipitate

""One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness.""

PRECISION The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness.

""CLEARANCE The act of clearing; as, to make a through clearance. as, to make a through clearance.""

Preclusive

In a precocious manner.

Relative of ESP

Foreknowledge

""COGNITIVE Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. as, cognitive power.""

Plural agent noun

COMPUTING compute

CONCEIVED conceive

Preconceive

Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand.

Requirement

Prerequisite

Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.

Elaborate garden pieces going first (wordplay)

Predecessor

DEPARTURE Division; separation; putting away.

Specify in advance

Foreordain.

DESTINING destine

'Fix' cat maybe owning ginger and white fur

Decide in advance colour in favourite kind of fur

Peter swallows type of wine that's the pits - he should work it out in advance!

Prediabetic

Looks forward to having the last word in

The last word in forecasts from tight spots

Looks forward to having the last word in pickles

Predication

Predictive

Predigest

Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion.

Preference (for something)

Special liking or preference

Penchant of the French in anticipation

""DISCHARGE To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel. as, to discharge a vessel.""

A previous discovery.

DISPOSING dispose

""A synthetic steroid, C 21 H 28 O 5 , similar to hydrocortisone and used in various compounds as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antiallergic drug.""

Worried Cameron pined for mastery

Superior influence

Ascendancy

Predominance.

DOMINATED dominate

Is the strongest element

Is most prominent, but badly impersonated

Prevails

Toxic condition that can occur in late pregnancy

ECLAMPTIC

Plural noun (-tions)

""EMERGENCE The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.""

Preeminence

In particular, before reaching August with the second half of July

Preemptive

ESTABLISH To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

In earlier life, former partner one's caught in act

Create a perfect bra with current design

Build in sections and lay a fibre carpet

Manufacture sections to be easily transported

Privileged parking requiring references

Discriminating in favour of one side

Alpine ferret running better

FINANCING finance

Prefocus

An old theory of the pre\'89xistence of germs. Cf. Embo&icir;tement. Embo&icir;tement.

FORMATTED format

""FORMULATE To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.""

""Being such that attack, seizure, or capture is possible; vulnerable or assailable: a pregnable fortress.""

Word with prefix pre-

""PREHENSILE Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey. as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.""

HISTORIAN A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

Prehistory

Preignition

""INAUGURAL Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises. as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.""

INDUCTION The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

""INTERVIEW A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President. as, the secretary had an interview with the President.""

Forms of bigotry

Of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.

Prelibation

Preliterate

""MALIGNANT Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.""

Premarital

Premarket

Plural or third person singular

Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxill\'91; intermaxillary.

MEASURING measure

Thought out beforehand

Planned in advance

Planned beforehand

Premeditate

Inflected form of MEDITATOR Inflected form of MEDITATE to consider thoughtfully

""MENSTRUAL Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place. as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.""

Offices of government leaders, on top of everything else, carrying passengers

MIGRATION The act of migrating.

Premodify

Premoisten

Premonish

Premonition

Premunition

NOMINATED nominate

Prenominate

Prenotify

Prenumber

""The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land. as, the preoccupancy of wild land.""