12-letter words containing n, o, s, y
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- expansionary — (of a policy or action) intended to result in economic or political expansion.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extrasensory — Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
- fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
- fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fuliginously — In a fuliginous manner.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play
- geosynclinal — Geology. pertaining to a synclinal fold that involves a relatively large part of the earth's surface.
- geosynclines — Plural form of geosyncline.
- glossy snake — a nocturnal burrowing snake, Arizona elegans, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having smooth, glistening scales of tan with brown blotches.
- gluttonously — tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- glycogenesis — the formation of glycogen from monosaccharides in the body, especially glucose.
- glycogenosis — any of several inherited disorders of glycogen metabolism that result in excess accumulation of glycogen in various organs of the body.
- god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gynecologist — a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
- halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hells canyon — a canyon on the Snake River in S Idaho and along the Oregon border: 125 miles (210 km) long with a maximum depth of about 7900 feet (2408 meters).
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.