12-letter words containing e, y, i
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- occidentally — In an occidental manner.
- of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- oil refinery — plant where crude oil is processed
- olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
- old identity — a person known for a long time in the one locality
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- on your bike — away you go
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- oncogenicity — the capability of inducing tumor formation.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- option money — the price paid for buying an option
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- osteichthyes — the class comprising the bony fishes.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- oversimplify — make too simple
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
- painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.