12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, d, y
- hydroxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate.
- immoderately — In an immoderate manner.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- non-hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radiotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
- ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
- ready-to-eat — (of a meal or food product) prepared or cooked in advance, with no further cooking or preparation required before being eaten
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- tetrahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing four hydroxyl groups.
- the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
- theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- video piracy — the unauthorized or prohibited use of audio-visual works covered by copyright law, in a way that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works