12-letter words containing n, y, o, r, s
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- nutritiously — In a way that provides nutrition; nourishment; food.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- origin story — a backstory, or established background narrative, that informs the identity and motivations of heroes and villains in a comic book or similar fictional work: The superhero’s origin story begins with a tragic accident that left him scarred, but also resulted in his supernatural powers.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- oyster plant — salsify.
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyisoprene — a thermoplastic polymer, (C 5 H 8) n , the major constituent of natural rubber and also obtained synthetically.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- pony express — a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
- porphyropsin — a purple pigment occurring in the retina of the eye of certain freshwater fishes
- portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- postcoronary — of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- previsionary — having foresight
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyrognostics — the characteristics of a mineral, such as fusibility and flame coloration, that are revealed by the application of heat
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- reasonlessly — in a reasonless manner
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- royal assent — (in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law
- royal tennis — court tennis.