12-letter words containing a, s, y, r, o
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- memory farts — (jargon, humour) The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
- memory smash — (jargon) A Xerox PARC term for writing to the location addressed by a dangling pointer.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- nanocrystals — Plural form of nanocrystal.
- nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
- nonstatutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- 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.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- oyster plant — salsify.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- parapophysis — the process of a vertebra
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
- 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.
- perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- postcoronary — of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.