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12-letter words containing a, p, r, i, o

  • np-hilarious — (humour)   An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
  • octastrophic — having or containing eight verses or strophes
  • office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
  • oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
  • oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
  • old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
  • oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
  • oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
  • olla podrida — a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
  • on probation — under the supervision of a probation officer
  • on shipboard — on board a ship
  • open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
  • open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
  • opera singer — a professional singer of opera
  • opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
  • operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
  • operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
  • ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
  • opinionators — Plural form of opinionator.
  • opinionnaire — A form containing a list of statements, each of which the members of a selected group are asked to endorse or reject; the purpose being to gather information for a survey.
  • opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
  • oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
  • optical grep — vgrep
  • optoisolator — A device that transmits a signal optically between two isolated electronic circuits.
  • optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
  • ordered pair — Mathematics. two quantities written in such a way as to indicate that one quantity precedes or is to be considered before the other, as (3, 4) indicates the Cartesian coordinates of a point in the plane.
  • organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
  • organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
  • orographical — relating to the study of mountains
  • orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
  • 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.
  • oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
  • overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
  • overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
  • pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
  • pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
  • packet radio — (communications, radio)   The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • paimio chair — a chair developed by Alvar Aalto between 1930 and 1933, having two continuous, ribbonlike elements made of bent laminated birch veneers forming the arms and legs and supporting a sheet of bent plywood that forms the back and seat.
  • pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
  • paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
  • pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
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