12-letter words containing n, o, r, a
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- drawing room — a formal reception room, especially in an apartment or private house.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- early modern — designating or of the period of European history from the end of the Middle Ages (c. 1450) to c. 1750
- earth almond — chufa.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emargination — A notch (or series of notches) in a margin.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- en casserole — (baked and served) in a casserole
- enamoredness — Quality of being enamored; love; infatuation.
- enantiomeric — Of or pertaining to an enantiomer or the relation between enantiomers.
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.