12-letter words containing s, e, r, a, n, o
- nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
- nonpasserine — (of a bird) not belonging or relating to the Passeriformes
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonresistant — not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
- nonrestraint — absence or lack of restraint.
- nonsectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
- normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- norman wells — a settlement in the W Northwest Territories, in NW Canada, on the Mackenzie River: oil wells.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- north-easter — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- northeastern — Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- on the cards — likely
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- 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.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- oracularness — the state of being oracular
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- ordinariness — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- organ screen — an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.
- orientations — Plural form of orientation.
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- osage orange — Also called bois d'arc, bowwood. a tree, Maclura pomifera, of the mulberry family, native to the south-central U.S., having hard, yellowish wood and often cultivated for hedges.
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overrashness — the act of being overrash
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.