12-letter words containing n, y, o, r
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- oyster plant — salsify.
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
- paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
- part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- penny loafer — a loafer with a slot on the vamp that can hold a coin, usually a penny.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- peritoneally — through the peritoneum
- 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.
- phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
- phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
- piano player — pianist.
- player piano — a piano that can play automatically when the keys are actuated electronically or by a pneumatic device controlled by a piano roll.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
- 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.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- 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
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- pre-ceremony — the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion: the coronation ceremony.
- prenominally — before a noun
- preoccupancy — the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
- previsionary — having foresight
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- probationary — the act of testing.