12-letter words containing s, y, r, o
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- disorderedly — In a disordered way; haphazardly, chaotically.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dusky grouse — blue grouse.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- effortlessly — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- electrolysis — Chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions.
- electrolytes — Plural form of electrolyte.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- engrossingly — In an engrossing way.
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- 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.
- factory acts — laws relating to factories
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
- fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- 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.