12-letter words containing l, s, e, r
- oleoresinous — pertaining to, characteristic of, or containing oleoresin.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- operatorless — Without an operator (person who operates); fully automatic.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- oracularness — the state of being oracular
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- 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.
- outlet store — a shop in which a manufacturer sells its own branded goods, often at discounted prices
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- over-jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overdevelops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdevelop.
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overfullness — The state of being excessively or abnormally full.
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
- oversimplify — make too simple
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- owl's clover — any of several western American plants belonging to the genus Orthocarpus, of the figwort family, having dense spikes of flowers in a variety of colors with conspicuous bracts.
- owl's-clover — any of a genus (Orthocarpus) of plants of the figwort family of W North and South America; esp., a California species (O. purpurascens) with red or purple upper leaves
- oyster plant — salsify.
- oyster shell — oyster's hard outer covering
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- parallel sml — ["Parallel SML: A Functional Language and its Implementation in Dactl", Kevin Hammond, Pitman Press 1990].
- parallelwise — in a parallel manner
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parlor house — (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries) a brothel with a comfortable, often elaborately decorated parlor for the reception of clients.
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- pastoralness — the quality or state of being pastoral or rural
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- patent rolls — (in Britain) the register of patents issued