12-letter words containing i, s, e, r, l, o
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- oil minister — a government official responsible for the oil industry in their country
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- oleoresinous — pertaining to, characteristic of, or containing oleoresin.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- oscillometer — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- otosclerosis — formation of new bone about the stapes or cochlea, resulting in hearing loss.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- 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.
- pleiotropism — the condition of a gene affecting more than one characteristic of the phenotype
- pleomorphism — existence of an organism in two or more distinct forms during the life cycle; polymorphism.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- policeperson — a member of a police force.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- poliorcetics — the science of siegecraft
- politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polydisperse — of or noting a sol that contains particles of different sizes.
- polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
- polyisoprene — a thermoplastic polymer, (C 5 H 8) n , the major constituent of natural rubber and also obtained synthetically.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.