12-letter words containing i, n, a, s, o, c
- oscillations — Plural form of oscillation.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- ossification — the act or process of ossifying.
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plastocyanin — a blue protein found in green plants and in some bacteria
- poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
- poison sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
- post captain — (formerly) a naval officer holding a commission as a captain, as distinct from an officer with the courtesy title of captain
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- postcolonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- postsynaptic — being or occurring on the receiving end of a discharge across the synapse.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- quadrisonics — quadraphony.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- sal ammoniac — ammonium chloride.
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.