12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, s, c
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- noncancerous — (of tissue) not cancerous, benign
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- noninsurance — the condition or state of not having insurance
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonsectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- on the cards — likely
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- oracularness — the state of being oracular
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- 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.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orchestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orchestrate.
- orchestrator — One who orchestrates.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- organ screen — an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- osteosarcoma — a malignant tumor of the bone.
- overabstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overseas cap — a soft, brimless military cap
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- pirate coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain