12-letter words containing s, o, r, i, t, y
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- irresolutely — In an irresolute or wavering manner.
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- kakistocracy — government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- likely story — dubious account
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- macrocytosis — The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- microsystems — Plural form of microsystem.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- motorcyclist — a motor vehicle similar to a bicycle but usually larger and heavier, chiefly for one rider but sometimes having two saddles or an attached sidecar for passengers.
- multi-storey — A multi-storey building has several floors at different levels above the ground.
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- non-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- nonsymmetric — Not symmetric; asymmetrical.
- nutritiously — In a way that provides nutrition; nourishment; food.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- oral history — information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- origin story — a backstory, or established background narrative, that informs the identity and motivations of heroes and villains in a comic book or similar fictional work: The superhero’s origin story begins with a tragic accident that left him scarred, but also resulted in his supernatural powers.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyhistoric — relating to a polyhistor
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- post-pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.