12-letter words containing r, o, s
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- exasperation — A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- excoriations — Plural form of excoriation.
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- excursionize — to go on an excursion or excursions
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- exhortations — Plural form of exhortation.
- exonerations — Plural form of exoneration.
- expansionary — (of a policy or action) intended to result in economic or political expansion.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- expromission — the act of (a creditor) accepting a new debtor as being responsible for the debt of another person
- expropriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expropriate.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extemporize.
- extensometer — An instrument for measuring the deformation of a material under stress.
- exteriorises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exteriorise.
- exteriorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exteriorize.
- extortioners — Plural form of extortioner.
- extortionist — A person who tries to obtain something through force or violence; a racketeer.
- extra-strong — stronger than average; very strong
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extrapolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrapolate.
- extrasensory — Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
- extrasystole — A heartbeat outside the normal rhythm, as often occurs in normal individuals.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- extroversion — (psychology) Concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.
- extrovertish — Extroverted.
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- facilitators — Plural form of facilitator.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factory acts — laws relating to factories
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fast forward — advance rapidly through
- fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
- fast reactor — a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons
- fast-forward — a function of an audio or video recorder or player, as a cassette deck or DVR, that allows the content to be advanced rapidly.
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.