12-letter words containing o, t, s, u
- interspinous — located between spines, esp between the vertebrae
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intervillous — Between the villi.
- intraosseous — (medicine) within a bone.
- intraveneous — Misspelling of intravenous.
- intrusionist — a person who intrudes
- intuitionism — Ethics. the doctrine that moral values and duties can be discerned directly.
- intuitionist — A person who studies intuitionistic mathematics.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irresolutely — In an irresolute or wavering manner.
- irresolution — lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
- isostemonous — having stamens equal in number to the sepals or petals.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- jogging suit — an outfit consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt, used while exercising or as sportswear.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisconsult — Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- just the job — If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- kourotrophos — (archaeology) a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- last but one — next to last
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leptospermum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Leptospermum, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent areas and often cultivated as ornamentals in milder climates.
- leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- liquor store — off-licence, shop selling alcohol
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones