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12-letter words containing o, n, e, u, p, s

  • polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
  • porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
  • porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
  • portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • postconquest — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period of time after a conquest, esp with regard to the period after the Norman Conquest
  • postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
  • preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
  • preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
  • preconstruct — to construct beforehand
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
  • pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
  • pseudonymous — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
  • pterosaurian — a pterosaur
  • puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
  • pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
  • pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
  • put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
  • put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
  • pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
  • resupination — a resupinate condition.
  • resuspension — the act of suspending.
  • retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
  • sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
  • schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
  • serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
  • speciousness — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
  • speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
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