12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, t, h
- nonarchitect — a person or builder who is not an architect
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- noncharacter — someone who is not a character
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
- north korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
- north platte — a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
- north-easter — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- northeastern — Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- on the alert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- on the brain — constantly in mind
- on the cards — likely
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- ooze leather — leather prepared from calfskin or other skin and having a soft, velvety finish on the flesh side.
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
- operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
- 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.
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- orthographer — a person versed in orthography or spelling.
- 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.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- over-the-air — of or relating to any means of broadcast transmission.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- photo spread — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
- photographer — a person who takes photographs, especially one who practices photography professionally.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phototherapy — treatment of disease, especially of the skin, by means of light rays.
- phreatophyte — a long-rooted plant that absorbs its water from the water table or the soil above it.
- phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
- phytotherapy — the use of plants and plant products for medicinal purposes
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.