12-letter words containing s, p, o, n, r
- opportunists — Plural form of opportunist.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- overripeness — the state of being too ripe
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- oyster plant — salsify.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- parkinsonian — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, related to, or resembling Parkinson's disease.
- parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pastoralness — the quality or state of being pastoral or rural
- patent rolls — (in Britain) the register of patents issued
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patron saint — a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- periodontist — a specialist in periodontics.
- perispomenon — (of a Greek word) bearing a circumflex accent on the last syllable
- peristeronic — of, pertaining to, or resembling pigeons
- permissioned — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- personalness — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- perspiration — a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pest control — rats, insects: extermination
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.