12-letter words containing a, r, o, y, s
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- esoterically — In an esoteric manner.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- expansionary — (of a policy or action) intended to result in economic or political expansion.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extrasensory — Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
- extrasystole — A heartbeat outside the normal rhythm, as often occurs in normal individuals.
- factory acts — laws relating to factories
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- glossarially — In the manner of a glossary.
- glossography — a glossator.
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid