12-letter words containing o, p, t, r, a, n
- odontophoran — a member of the family Odontophora
- on probation — under the supervision of a probation officer
- on sb's part — If you talk about a feeling or action on someone's part, you are referring to something that they feel or do.
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
- open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- opinionators — Plural form of opinionator.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- oyster plant — salsify.
- pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
- paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- 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.
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- partitioning — Partitioning is when a solute is distributed between two phases in a separation process.
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pastoralness — the quality or state of being pastoral or rural
- patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- patent rolls — (in Britain) the register of patents issued
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patrol wagon — an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.
- patron saint — a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc.
- pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated