12-letter words containing n, i, t, r, o, c
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthogenetic — pertaining to or exhibiting orthogenesis.
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- peristeronic — of, pertaining to, or resembling pigeons
- pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- petrogenetic — relating to petrogenesis
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- pontificator — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- port captain — an official in charge of the harbor activities of a seaport.