12-letter words containing i, n, s, o, c
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- occasionally — at times; from time to time; now and then.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- omnisciences — Plural form of omniscience.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- on suspicion — as a suspect
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- onomastician — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- opisthotonic — of or relating to opisthotonos
- optogenetics — (genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits.
- 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.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- 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.
- osteogenetic — (physiology) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overniceness — the quality of being overnice
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- 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