12-letter words containing a, c, r, n, i
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
- pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paracentesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
- parascending — parasailing
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- participance — participation.
- participancy — participation.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pay increase — a rise in pay or salary
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).