12-letter words containing n, o, a, c, e, t
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- 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.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- 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.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- placentation — Anatomy, Zoology. the formation of a placenta. the manner of placement or construction of a placenta.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- polynucleate — having many nuclei.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- practitioner — a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
- pre-contract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.