12-letter words containing oto
- motor vessel — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor
- motor-minded — disposed to perceive one's environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity.
- motorbicycle — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- motorcaravan — A motorized caravan; camper, motor home, recreational vehicle.
- motorcycling — Present participle of motorcycle.
- motorcyclist — a motor vehicle similar to a bicycle but usually larger and heavier, chiefly for one rider but sometimes having two saddles or an attached sidecar for passengers.
- motorisation — Alternative spelling of motorization.
- motorization — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- motorscooter — A motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
- motown-sound — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- 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.
- nonmonotonic — Not monotonic.
- nonmotorized — not equipped with a motor
- notoungulate — one of the herbivorous, hoofed mammals of the extinct order Notoungulata, best known from the Paleocene to the Pleistocene Epochs of South America.
- opisthotonic — of or relating to opisthotonos
- opisthotonos — Spasm of the muscles causing backward arching of the head, neck, and spine, as in severe tetanus, some kinds of meningitis, and strychnine poisoning.
- orthotonesis — accentuation of a proclitic or enclitic
- oto-manguean — a family of American Indian languages spoken in central and southern Mexico, including Mixtec, Zapotec, and Otomi.
- otosclerosis — formation of new bone about the stapes or cochlea, resulting in hearing loss.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- ovariotomist — a surgeon who performs ovariotomies
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- photo finish — a finish of a race in which two or more contestants are so close to the finish line that reference to a photograph of the finish is necessary to determine the winner.
- photo layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
- photo spread — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
- photo-finish — If the end of a race is a photo-finish, two or more of the competitors cross the finishing line so close together that a photograph of the finish has to be examined to decide who has won.
- photo-offset — a method of printing, based on photolithography, in which the inked image is transferred from the metal plate to a rubber surface and then to the paper.
- photo-stated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- photoactinic — emitting radiation having the chemical effects of light and ultraviolet rays, as on a photographic film.
- photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
- photobiology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
- photocathode — a cathode, typically of a cesium or sodium compound, having the property of emitting electrons when activated by light or other radiation.
- photochromic — (of chemically treated glass or plastic) capable of darkening or changing color when exposed to light.
- photocompose — to set (type) on a photocomposer.
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
- photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
- photofission — nuclear fission induced by the absorption of a high-energy photon.
- photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
- photogeology — the technique of interpreting geology from aerial photographs or compiling geologic maps therefrom.