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12-letter words containing n, a, p, r

  • oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
  • odontophoran — a member of the family Odontophora
  • old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
  • oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
  • on probation — under the supervision of a probation officer
  • on sb's part — If you talk about a feeling or action on someone's part, you are referring to something that they feel or do.
  • on shipboard — on board a ship
  • onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
  • open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
  • open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
  • open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
  • opera singer — a professional singer of opera
  • opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
  • operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • opinionators — Plural form of opinionator.
  • opinionnaire — A form containing a list of statements, each of which the members of a selected group are asked to endorse or reject; the purpose being to gather information for a survey.
  • oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
  • orange pekoe — a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
  • oregon grape — an evergreen shrub, Mahonia aquifolium, of the barberry family, of the western coast of the U.S., having small blue berries and yellow flowers that are the state flower of Oregon.
  • organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
  • organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
  • organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
  • oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
  • orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
  • outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
  • oyster plant — salsify.
  • pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
  • page printer — Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.
  • pain barrier — If you say that a sports player has gone through the pain barrier, you mean that he or she is continuing to make a great effort in spite of being injured or exhausted.
  • pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
  • paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • 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.
  • pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
  • 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.
  • palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
  • pamperedness — the state of being pampered
  • pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
  • pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
  • pan-european — of or relating to all or most of the countries of Europe.
  • panarthritis — arthritis in the entire joint
  • 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.
  • panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
  • pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
  • panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
  • panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
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