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12-letter words containing g, r, o, s, i, n

  • neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.
  • night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
  • noise margin — (electronics)   The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
  • nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
  • nonreligious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • nonresisting — Unresisting; without resistance.
  • nonsovereign — Not sovereign.
  • nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
  • numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
  • nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
  • offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
  • opera singer — a professional singer of opera
  • or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
  • orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
  • ore dressing — Metallurgy. the mechanical processes by which valuable minerals are separated from ore.
  • organisation — the act or process of organizing.
  • origin story — a backstory, or established background narrative, that informs the identity and motivations of heroes and villains in a comic book or similar fictional work: The superhero’s origin story begins with a tragic accident that left him scarred, but also resulted in his supernatural powers.
  • original sin — Theology. a depravity, or tendency to evil, held to be innate in humankind and transmitted from Adam to all humans in consequence of his sin. inclination to evil, inherent in human nature.
  • originations — Plural form of origination.
  • orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
  • outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
  • outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
  • over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
  • overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
  • overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
  • oversanguine — too optimistic
  • overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
  • parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
  • personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
  • petrogenesis — the branch of petrology dealing with the origin and formation of rocks.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • pogson ratio — the brightness ratio of two celestial objects that differ by one magnitude. On the Pogson scale a difference of 5 magnitudes is defined as a difference of 100 in the intensities of two stars; therefore a difference of 1 magnitude is equal to the fifth root of 100, i.e. 2.512
  • prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
  • predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
  • progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
  • progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
  • pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
  • propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
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