12-letter words containing p, r, o, n

oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
on principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
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.
on shipboard — on board a ship
on the prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
on the ropes — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
open texture — the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases
open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
opera singer — a professional singer of opera
opera window — a narrow, fixed window on each side of the rear passenger compartment of an automobile.
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.
opinionnaire — A form containing a list of statements, each of which the members of a selected group are asked to endorse or reject; the purpose being to gather information for a survey.
opportunists — Plural form of opportunist.
oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
optic center — a point about ten percent above the exact center of a printed page or layout.
orange pekoe — a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
oregon grape — an evergreen shrub, Mahonia aquifolium, of the barberry family, of the western coast of the U.S., having small blue berries and yellow flowers that are the state flower of Oregon.
organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
ornithomorph — the artistic representation of a bird
ornithophily — pollination of flowers by birds
ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
out of print — of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
out-of-print — being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
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.
outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
overripeness — the state of being too ripe
overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.

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