12-letter words containing o, i
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- amygdaliform — almond-shaped.
- amygdaloidal — (of a volcanic rock) containing amygdales
- an iron fist — a cruel and unyielding attitude or approach
- an open mind — If you have an open mind, you avoid forming an opinion or making a decision until you know all the facts.
- anachronical — Not in the correct date order. Chronologically incorrect.
- anachronisms — Plural form of anachronism.
- anachronists — Plural form of anachronist.
- anaerobiosis — life in the absence of oxygen
- anaerobiotic — anaerobic
- analogically — In an analogical manner; in the manner of an analogy.
- analyzations — Plural form of analyzation.
- anamorphosis — an image or drawing distorted in such a way that it becomes recognizable only when viewed in a specified manner or through a special device
- anaphrodisia — diminished sexual desire.
- anaplasmosis — a disease of cattle caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Anaplasma marginale, transmitted by bloodsucking flies and ticks.
- anapodeictic — (rare, rhetoric) not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
- anapophysial — of or relating to an anapophysis.
- anastomosing — Present participle of anastomose.
- anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
- anchor light — a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.
- anchoritical — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- and counting — If you say and counting after a number or an amount of something, you mean that the number or amount is continuing to increase.
- andouillette — a French sausage made from pig intestines, smaller than an andouille
- andragogical — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androcentric — having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- androgenesis — a type of reproduction in insects and plants involving the development of an embryo that contains only paternal chromosomes
- androgenetic — related to androgenesis
- androgenized — Simple past tense and past participle of androgenize.
- androscoggin — a river flowing from NE New Hampshire through SW Maine into the Kennebec River. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anemone fish — any of various damselfishes of the genus Amphiprion, such as A. percula (clown anemone fish), that usually live closely associated with sea anemones
- anemophilous — (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- angelo patri — Angelo [an-juh-loh] /ˈæn dʒəˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.
- angelologist — a person who studies angelology
- angiocarpous — being or having fruit contained in a vessel such as a shell
- angiogenesis — the induction of blood-vessel growth, often in association with a particular organ or tissue, or with a tumour
- angiographic — relating to or using angiography
- angiopathies — Plural form of angiopathy.
- angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
- angiostomous — having a narrow opening
- angiotensins — Plural form of angiotensin.
- angle of dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
- anglo-gallic — noting or pertaining to the coins or series of coins issued by the English kings from Henry II to Henry VIII for their French domains.
- anglo-indian — An Anglo-Indian person is someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian.
- anglophiliac — a strong admiration or enthusiasm for England, its people, and things English.
- anglophobiac — a person with a fear or dread of England or the English
- anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel