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12-letter words containing n, o, r, e, l, a

  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • sierra leone — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
  • signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
  • skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
  • sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
  • small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
  • snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
  • solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
  • solenogaster — any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
  • solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
  • sternocostal — of, relating to, or situated between the sternum and ribs.
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
  • superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
  • teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
  • tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
  • theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
  • thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
  • timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
  • toilet-train — to train (a young child) to use a toilet for bowel and bladder movements.
  • torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
  • tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
  • transponible — capable of being transposed.
  • trillionaire — a person whose assets are worth over a trillion of the monetary units of his or her country
  • true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
  • tyrolean hat — a man's soft felt hat with a somewhat conical crown that is flat and creased at the top, a narrow brim partially turned up, and, usually, a feather for decoration
  • ultramontane — beyond the mountains.
  • ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
  • un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • un-revocable — that may be revoked.
  • unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • unapprovable — capable of being approved.
  • uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncommercial — not engaged in or involved with commerce or trade.
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