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12-letter words containing d, o, r, a

  • orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
  • order around — be bossy towards
  • 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.
  • ordinariness — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
  • ordinary lay — the form of lay found in a cable-laid rope
  • ordinary ray — Optics, Crystallography. the part of a doubly refracted ray whose velocity within a crystal is the same in any direction.
  • oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
  • organic mode — (programming)   A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
  • ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
  • 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.
  • orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
  • outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • outsider art — art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
  • overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
  • overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
  • overdecorate — To decorate or embellish to an excessive degree.
  • overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
  • overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
  • overdominant — excessively dominant
  • overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
  • overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
  • overfatigued — excessively fatigued
  • overidealize — to idealize excessively
  • overmannered — excessively mannered
  • overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
  • overpedalled — relating to overpedalling
  • overpersuade — to persuade (a person) against his or her inclination or intention: By threats and taunts they had overpersuaded him to steal the car.
  • oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
  • overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
  • oxford comma — a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word 'and' or 'or', such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books
  • oxford frame — a frame for a picture, mirror, etc., consisting of four straight pieces whose ends project beyond the corners.
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
  • 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
  • palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • palo cortado — a rich, dry sherry
  • panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
  • parade armor — ornamented armor worn only for ceremonial purposes.
  • paradoxidian — relating to the genus Paradoxides
  • paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
  • paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
  • parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
  • parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
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