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12-letter words containing l, o, n, r

  • oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
  • oracularness — the state of being oracular
  • orange lodge — a Protestant fraternal organization based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the English-speaking world where there are significant Irish populations
  • ordinary lay — the form of lay found in a cable-laid rope
  • oregon trail — a route used during the U.S. westward migrations, especially in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. About 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
  • organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
  • oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
  • oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
  • original gum — See o.g (def 1).
  • 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.
  • orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
  • ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
  • ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
  • ornithophily — pollination of flowers by birds
  • ortho-xylene — Chemistry. a clear, colorless, poisonous, flammable liquid, C 8 H 10 , the ortho isomer of xylene: used chiefly in the synthesis of phthalic anhydride.
  • orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
  • outer london — the group of London Boroughs that form a ring around the city of London in the UK
  • outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
  • over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
  • overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
  • overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
  • overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
  • overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
  • overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
  • overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
  • overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
  • overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
  • overenrolled — For which too many people have enrolled.
  • overfullness — The state of being excessively or abnormally full.
  • overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
  • overinvolved — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
  • overlengthen — to extend excessively
  • overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
  • overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
  • overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
  • overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
  • oyster plant — salsify.
  • pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
  • pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
  • paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
  • palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
  • panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
  • pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
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