12-letter words containing r, o, l, e, i
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- oregon trail — a route used during the U.S. westward migrations, especially in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. About 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- oriel window — a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels
- oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- oscillometer — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- otosclerosis — formation of new bone about the stapes or cochlea, resulting in hearing loss.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overexplicit — excessively explicit
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
- overinvolved — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- 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.
- paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
- papier colle — collage.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.