12-letter words containing t, y, c, o
- nonsecretory — not secretory
- nonsymbiotic — Not symbiotic.
- nonsymmetric — Not symmetric; asymmetrical.
- nontricyclic — Not tricyclic.
- nychthemeron — a twenty-four hour span that includes a night and a day
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- occidentally — In an occidental manner.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- octyl phenol — a white to pink, water-insoluble, flaky substance having the formula C 1 4 H 2 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial surface-active agents.
- of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- oncogenicity — the capability of inducing tumor formation.
- one-act play — a short play consisting of only one act
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- oratorically — of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory: His oratorical prowess has led to political success.
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- osteichthyes — the class comprising the bony fishes.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
- pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
- peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.