12-letter words containing p, r, o, l, i
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- monopolizers — Plural form of monopolizer.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- nanoparticle — a microscopic particle of matter that is measured on the nanoscale, usually one that measures less than 100 nanometers.
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necropolises — Plural form of necropolis.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- non-complier — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonpractical — Not practical.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- 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 prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- oligotrophic — (of a lake) characterized by a low accumulation of dissolved nutrient salts, supporting but a sparse growth of algae and other organisms, and having a high oxygen content owing to the low organic content.
- olla podrida — a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- on principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.