12-letter words containing c, h, o, s, e, r
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonspherical — not spherical
- occurs check — (programming) A feature of some implementations of unification which causes unification of a logic variable V and a structure S to fail if S contains V. Binding a variable to a structure containing that variable results in a cyclic structure which may subsequently cause unification to loop forever. Some implementations use extra pointer comparisons to avoid this. Most implementations of Prolog do not perform the occurs check for reasons of efficiency. Without occurs check the complexity of unification is O(min(size(term1), size(term2))) with occurs check it's O(max(size(term1), size(term2))) In theorem proving unification without the occurs check can lead to unsound inference. For example, in Prolog it is quite valid to write X = f(X). which will succeed, binding X to a cyclic structure. Clearly however, if f is taken to stand for a function rather than a constructor, then the above equality is only valid if f is the identity function. Weijland calls unification without occur check, "complete unification". The reference below describes a complete unification algorithm in terms of Colmerauer's consistency algorithm.
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- ochroleucous — having an off-white colour or a white colour tinted with yellow
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- on the cards — likely
- on the cross — diagonally
- on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- 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.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- orthocenters — Plural form of orthocenter.
- 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.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phosphoresce — to be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.
- picture show — motion picture.
- port chester — a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- process shot — a shot in which action takes place in front of a screen on which an image already filmed is projected
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.