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12-letter words containing s, e, t, l, o, r

  • mouse trails — (operating system)   A feature (usually of Graphical User Interfaces) which causes the mouse pointer to leave a trail across the screen. This is done by keeping track of the last eight or so (maybe configurable) pointer positions, and only erasing the oldest. This means that at any time, there may be up to eight pointers on the screen, but if the mouse is still, they will all be in the same position, and so only one will be visible. When the mouse moves, it appears to leave a trail of pointers behind it, and this can dramatically increase the visibility of the pointer when using LCD screens. The older ones had such long persistence that a single mouse pointer, when moving, tended to be completely invisible, and on a cluttered screen, was very difficult to find.
  • multi-storey — A multi-storey building has several floors at different levels above the ground.
  • multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
  • multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
  • multistoried — Multi-storey.
  • mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
  • nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
  • nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
  • naval stores — supplies for warships.
  • neorealistic — Of or pertaining to neorealism.
  • neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
  • nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
  • netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
  • neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
  • neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.
  • neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
  • neutrinoless — (physics) That does not contain or involve neutrinos.
  • neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
  • nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
  • nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • nonresilient — Not resilient.
  • nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
  • normalities' — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
  • numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
  • oil minister — a government official responsible for the oil industry in their country
  • oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
  • 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 slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • operatorless — Without an operator (person who operates); fully automatic.
  • oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
  • orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
  • 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.
  • outlet store — a shop in which a manufacturer sells its own branded goods, often at discounted prices
  • outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
  • overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
  • oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
  • oyster plant — salsify.
  • oyster shell — oyster's hard outer covering
  • paraglossate — having paraglossae
  • pastoralness — the quality or state of being pastoral or rural
  • patent rolls — (in Britain) the register of patents issued
  • pearl oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.
  • pest control — rats, insects: extermination
  • petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
  • petrodollars — Petrodollars are a unit of money used to calculate how much a country has earned by exporting petroleum or natural gas.
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
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