12-letter words containing n, o, g, e, s
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- oligopsonies — Plural form of oligopsony.
- one's pigeon — one's special concern, or business
- oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- optogenetics — (genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- 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.
- ore dressing — Metallurgy. the mechanical processes by which valuable minerals are separated from ore.
- organ screen — an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.
- orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
- osage orange — Also called bois d'arc, bowwood. a tree, Maclura pomifera, of the mulberry family, native to the south-central U.S., having hard, yellowish wood and often cultivated for hedges.
- osteogenesis — the formation of bone.
- osteogenetic — (physiology) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone.
- outgoingness — The state or condition of being outgoing; gregariousness, extroversion.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overgenerous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petitionings — a number of appeals or requests
- petrogenesis — the branch of petrology dealing with the origin and formation of rocks.
- photosetting — photocompose.
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
- poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
- port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
- post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)