12-letter words containing s, o, y, e, r
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- esoterically — In an esoteric manner.
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- expansionary — (of a policy or action) intended to result in economic or political expansion.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extrasensory — Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
- extrasystole — A heartbeat outside the normal rhythm, as often occurs in normal individuals.
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- glycerolysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and glycerol.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- honeymooners — Plural form of honeymooner.
- honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.