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12-letter words containing ro

  • astrocytomas — Plural form of astrocytoma.
  • astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
  • astrogeology — the study of the structure, composition, and history of other planets and other bodies in the solar system
  • astrological — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
  • astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
  • astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
  • astrophysics — Astrophysics is the study of the physical and chemical structure of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
  • astrotourist — a person who pays to travel into space as a form of recreation
  • astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
  • asynchronies — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
  • asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
  • asynchronous — An asynchronous electric machine is one in which the magnetic field and the rotation are not exactly the same.
  • atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
  • atholl brose — a mixture of whisky and honey left to ferment before consumption
  • athrocytosis — the capability of a cell to receive and store matter
  • attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
  • auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
  • auroral zone — the region surrounding the north or south geomagnetic pole in which the auroral phenomena take place.
  • austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
  • auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
  • autorotation — the continuous rotation of a body in an airflow, such as that of the rotor blades of a helicopter in an unpowered descent
  • azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
  • b chromosome — a type of densely staining chromosome of uncertain biological function, found in many plant and animal species.
  • baby brother — a younger brother
  • backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
  • backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
  • backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
  • backroom boy — You can refer to a man as a backroom boy when he does important work in an organization and has good ideas but is not seen or known about by the public.
  • ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
  • banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
  • bank robbery — theft from a bank
  • banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
  • banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
  • barbarossa i — (Aruj) died 1518, Barbary pirate, born in Greece.
  • bardolatrous — relating to or characterized by bardolatry
  • barking frog — a robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti, of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, having a call like a dog's bark.
  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
  • baroreceptor — a collection of sensory nerve endings, principally in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch, that monitor blood pressure changes in the body
  • barrack room — a room inside a military barracks, esp one in which soldiers sleep
  • barratrously — In a barratrous manner.
  • barrow point — the northernmost tip of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean
  • bathochromic — denoting or relating to a shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound
  • battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
  • battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • be on a roll — to have a series of successes; go from success to success
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
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