12-letter words containing e, n, r, o
- allegorizing — Present participle of allegorize.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- almond green — a yellowish-green colour
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- amazon river — a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- amenorrhoeic — absence of the menses.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amethopterin — (now rare) Methotrexate.
- among others — used to indicate that there are several more people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all
- amortizement — a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
- amourousness — Rare spelling of amorousness.
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- anaerobiosis — life in the absence of oxygen
- anaerobiotic — anaerobic
- anamorphoses — Plural form of anamorphosis.
- anchorperson — the primary reporter on a news television broadcast
- anchovy pear — a Jamaican tree, Grias cauliflora, bearing edible fruits that taste like the mango: family Lecythidaceae
- androcentric — having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
- androgenesis — a type of reproduction in insects and plants involving the development of an embryo that contains only paternal chromosomes
- androgenetic — related to androgenesis
- androgenized — Simple past tense and past participle of androgenize.
- androsterone — an androgenic steroid hormone produced in the testes. Formula: C19H30O2
- anemochorous — (of a fruit, seed, or spore) adapted for dispersion by wind.
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- angelo patri — Angelo [an-juh-loh] /ˈæn dʒəˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.
- anglo-french — of or relating to England and France
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anisotropies — Plural form of anisotropy.
- anorexigenic — causing loss of appetite
- anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
- anotherguess — of a different type or kind; different
- ansate cross — ankh
- anteriorness — The state or quality of being anterior.
- antherozooid — Alternative form of antherozoid.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologizer — an anthologist; a creator of an anthology
- anthropogeny — the genesis or development of the human race, especially as a subject of scientific study.
- anti-foreign — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- antiandrogen — (steroid, pharmacology) Any substance that inhibits the release or the biological effects of an androgen.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antideuteron — the antimatter counterpart to the deuteron.
- antielectron — an elementary particle with a positive charge, a positron
- antientropic — showing a tendency towards order
- antiestrogen — any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.