12-letter words containing t, r, u, n, i, o
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- nitrotoluene — (organic compound) Any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non sequitur — Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- 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.
- non-nutrient — nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
- non-ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- nonarticular — Using or involving the muscles rather than the joints.
- nonintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- nonnutritive — serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- nutritionist — a person who is trained or expert in the science of nutrition.
- nutritiously — In a way that provides nutrition; nourishment; food.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- opportunists — Plural form of opportunist.
- oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- out of print — of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
- out-of-print — being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- outsiderness — The state or condition of being an outsider.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- perpetuation — to make perpetual.
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- 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.