12-letter words containing t, o, r, s, l
- 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.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- non-lustrous — having luster; shining; luminous: lustrous eyes.
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonresilient — Not resilient.
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- 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.
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- nutritiously — In a way that provides nutrition; nourishment; food.
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- oil minister — a government official responsible for the oil industry in their country
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- 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.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- optoisolator — A device that transmits a signal optically between two isolated electronic circuits.
- 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
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- orthoclastic — (of a crystal) having cleavages at right angles to each other.
- orthosilicic — (chemistry) Of, relating to or derived from orthosilicic acid.
- 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
- 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.
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- 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).
- 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.