12-letter words containing l, o, n, y
- polysyndeton — the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
- polytonality — the use of more than one key at the same time.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- positionally — in terms of position, from a positional point of view
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- potentiality — the state or quality of being potential.
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- prenominally — before a noun
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rally around — to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew: The general rallied his scattered army.
- reasonlessly — in a reasonless manner
- redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- relationally — in a relational manner
- reply coupon — a coupon sent with an international letter which can be exchanged for stamps sufficient to send a letter back in reply
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- royal antler — the third prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- royal assent — (in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law
- royal colony — a colony ruled or administered by officials appointed by and responsible to the reigning sovereign of the parent state.
- royal pardon — release from punishment for an offence, granted by a monarch
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scandalously — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.