12-letter words containing n, o, s, e, a, l
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- ease oneself — to urinate or defecate
- east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- elicitations — Plural form of elicitation.
- eliminations — Plural form of elimination.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- emotionalism — An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics. (from 19th c.).
- emotionalist — Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic.
- en casserole — (baked and served) in a casserole
- enantiostyly — the asymmetrical deflection of the style, either to the left or to the right of the floral axis
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- englishwoman — adult female from England
- enophthalmos — The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
- enterostomal — relating to enterostomy
- entoplastral — relating to an entoplastron
- entoplastron — the median plate of a turtle's plastron
- eosinophilia — An increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood, occurring in response to some allergens, drugs, and parasites, and in some types of leukemia.
- episcopalian — An adherent of episcopacy.
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- equalisation — Alternative spelling of equalization.
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- espagnolette — the fastening device on a French window
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exceptionals — Plural form of exceptional.
- exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exonucleases — Plural form of exonuclease.
- explanations — Plural form of explanation.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- expositional — Explained in clear terms, as in writing.
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- exspoliation — (obsolete) spoliation.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.