12-letter words containing o, s, e, l
- nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonreligious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- nonresilient — Not resilient.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- nonselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nordenskjold — Baron Nils Adolf Erik [nils ah-dawlf ey-rik] /nɪls ˈɑ dɔlf ˈeɪ rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1832–1901, Swedish arctic explorer, geographer, and geologist; born in Finland.
- normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
- normlessness — Quality of being normless.
- nose to tail — If vehicles are nose to tail, the front of one vehicle is close behind the back of another.
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- obligingness — The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- obsolescence — the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
- obsoleteness — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- ochroleucous — having an off-white colour or a white colour tinted with yellow
- oconee-bells — a plant, Shortia galacifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having glossy, rounded leaves and white or pink bell-shaped flowers with fringed petals.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oil minister — a government official responsible for the oil industry in their country
- oil of anise — the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.