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12-letter words containing a, r, y, l

  • nonvoluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
  • north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
  • norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
  • numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
  • nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
  • obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
  • octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
  • olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
  • olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
  • olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
  • operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
  • oral history — information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.
  • oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
  • oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
  • oratorically — of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory: His oratorical prowess has led to political success.
  • orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
  • orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
  • ordinary lay — the form of lay found in a cable-laid rope
  • ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
  • orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
  • outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
  • over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
  • overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
  • overclassify — to classify to excess
  • overliterary — excessively literary
  • oyster plant — salsify.
  • palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
  • palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
  • pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
  • panty girdle — women's control pants
  • paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
  • paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
  • paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
  • paramilitary — noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force: a paramilitary police unit.
  • paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
  • paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
  • parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
  • parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
  • parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
  • paroemiology — the study of proverbs
  • parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
  • particularly — in a particular or to an exceptional degree; especially: He read it with particularly great interest.
  • party animal — person who frequents drinking parties
  • party leader — a leader of a political party
  • pearl barley — barley milled into small, round grains, used in cooking, especially in soups.
  • pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
  • pearl oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.
  • pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
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