12-letter words containing y, o, s
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
- esoterically — In an esoteric manner.
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- etymologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- ex hypothesi — in accordance with or following from the hypothesis stated
- 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.
- factitiously — In a factitious manner.
- factory acts — laws relating to factories
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fallaciously — In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
- fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- fathomlessly — In a fathomless manner.
- felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
- 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.
- fictitiously — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
- fight shy of — bashful; retiring.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- 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.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- food stylist — a person whose job is to arrange food in an attractive way for professional photographs or broadcasts.
- food subsidy — a financial aid supplied by a government, as to industry, farmers, or consumers, in order to make low-cost food available to the poor
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- fortuitously — In a fortuitous manner.
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fuliginously — In a fuliginous manner.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play