12-letter words containing y, e, a, r, o
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- early modern — designating or of the period of European history from the end of the Middle Ages (c. 1450) to c. 1750
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- epoxypropane — (organic compound) propylene oxide.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- 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.
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- esoterically — In an esoteric manner.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- exaggeratory — Exaggerative.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- expansionary — (of a policy or action) intended to result in economic or political expansion.
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach
- extemporally — In an extemporal manner.
- extortionary — Of, relating to, or typical of extortion.
- 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.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- flagellatory — relating to flagellation
- 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.
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.