12-letter words containing rio
- mock-serious — pretending to be serious as a joke, etc
- motu proprio — any of certain documents issued by the pope without counsel from others.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- non-spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- ovariotomist — a surgeon who performs ovariotomies
- period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
- period drama — a drama set in a particular historical period
- period piece — something, as a novel, painting, or building, of interest or value primarily because it evokes or epitomizes a particular period of history.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- periodontist — a specialist in periodontics.
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- posteriority — the state or quality of being posterior.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- prior to sth — If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event.
- proditorious — traitorous
- proprio motu — by one's own volition; on one's own initiative.
- reprioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- rio gallegos — a seaport in S Argentina, in S Patagonia.
- riot control — the activity of quelling or containing a riot
- road warrior — a person who travels extensively, as on business trips
- semi-serious — having some seriousness; partly serious.
- septentrions — the seven stars of the Plough
- storiologist — a person who studies storiology
- study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
- subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
- superiorship — the state or position of being superior
- superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- the interior — the domestic or internal affairs of any of certain countries
- trial period — time during which sth can be evaluated
- tutor period — (in British secondary schools) a school period for which a tutor group comes together with their tutor
- ultraserious — extremely serious
- uncensorious — not censorious or critical; not characterized by censure
- unsalubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- uproariously — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- usuriousness — the quality or state of being usurious
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- variocoupler — a transformer having coils with a self-impedance that is essentially constant but a mutual impedance that can be varied by moving one coil with respect to the other.
- victoriously — having achieved a victory; conquering; triumphant: our victorious army.
- vitriolation — the process of turning something into vitriol