12-letter words containing e, n, l, o, c
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- on principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- on the block — for sale at auction
- on the latch — fastened by the latch (sense 1) but not locked or bolted
- one-act play — a short play consisting of only one act
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- open channel — An open channel is a type of flow in which one surface is free (= not restricted by anything).
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- open couplet — a couplet that concludes with a run-on line.
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- oracularness — the state of being oracular
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
- oxygen cycle — the process by which oxygen released into the atmosphere by photosynthetic organisms is taken up by aerobic organisms while the carbon dioxide released as a by-product of repiration is taken up for photosynthesis.
- oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- penal colony — remote prison
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perle cotton — a two-ply mercerized cotton thread used chiefly in handweaving and needlework.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pest control — rats, insects: extermination
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
- pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland