12-Letter Words Containing O

""Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left handed quartz crystals, etc.""

The compiling of dictionaries

The compilation of dictionaries

Writing and compiling of dictionaries

Lexicology

One who studies words

Libidinous

Licentious

""LIMITATION The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.""

LIMNOLOGIC

Limnologist

Lionization

Lipoprotein

Liposuction

Process of becoming fluid

'Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows / That - of her clothes' (Herrick)

These are killing the business community? They're wind-ups!

Lithograph

Type of printer

Of metal or stone surface printing

""Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.""

Lithosphere

""LITHOSPHERE The solid earth as distinguished from its fluid envelopes, the hydrosphere and atmosphere.""

A device that pulverizes kidney stones and gallstones by passing shock waves through a water-filled tub in which the patient sits.

An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

""The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.""

Lixiviation

LOBOTOMISE

LOBOTOMIZE

""Act of localizing, or state of being localized.""

Locational

Locksmith

Lockstitch

Lockstitch

Fruit, sorted out, began to be put in trucks

Logicality

Logistical

Logistician

LOGNORMAL

Lounging around

Loneliness

Condition of one in the isolation ward

Running lengthwise

New position for Mason Leghorn

Mahler song on travelling dock worker

Dock worker

US dockers

Longshoring

LONGSOME tediously long

Loosestrife

Lack of symmetry

Asymmetry

In a loquacious manner.

Lordliness

They get the message out powerfully - these can affect one hearing things!

Lovability

LOVELESS without love

Loveliness

LOVELORN not loved

Crush sensation

Lovingness

Lubrication

Lubricious

Not usual crib (anagram) - learned works

Late night studies

Court dismissing last two tribunals after review and lots of study

Lugubrious

Producing or being a medium of light

Producing light

Luminosity

The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.

Lumpectomy

US informal restaurant - unclothe teen (anagram)

Small cafe, revolutionary, getting on in crescent

LUSCIOUS having a delicious taste

LUSTROUS reflecting light evenly and efficiently

Adjective (-ic)

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) other names for prolactin

Luteotropin

Lymphoblast

""A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.""

LYMPHOMA a type of {tumour=n}

LYOPHILISE same as lyophilize.lyophilize.

Lyophilizer

""LYOPHILIZE to freeze-dry; -- a technique used to dry serum, tissue, unstable chemicals and other sensitive materials.""

LYSOGENIC

LYSOGENISE

LYSOGENIZE

English word

Having machicolations.

Plots involving high-speed races

Schemes - plotting

Foul weather gear

""MACROCYTE An abnormally large red blood cell, associated with pernicious anemia.""

An abnormal physiological condition characterized by the presence of macrocytes in the blood.

Macrofossil

Macrogamete

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

Having long wings.

Nice girl (wordplay)

Unmarried French woman

French girl; governess

Madreporian

Madreporite

""An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.""

Instrument for measuring earth's field

An instrument for measuring the magnitude and direction of a magnetic field.

The outer boundary of the magnetosphere.

Man, long quiet, getting drunk and boastful

Lofty quote naming suspect, criminal finally caught

Based on majority rule: "a naively uncomplicated premise of simple majoritarian democracy" (Saturday Review).

Malacology

One versed in the science of malacology.

Mozart was a child progeny, etc.

'Select words so ingeniously misapplied'

"Mozart was a child progeny," etc.

Malapropist

Malcontent.

Malediction

Malefaction

Malevolence

In a malevolent manner.

Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

Stops working for most stag parties

Provided with inadequate sustenance

With oil run out, abandoned after parent became short of food

Starved

Run into Tamil building for lack of food

Lack of adequate nourishment

Severe lack of proper food

Faulty contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed.

Malodorous

Malposition

""Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.""

Mammalogist

MAMMOGRAPH

Mandolinist

Manifesto

Multiplicity.

Osteopath's method

Osteopath's technique

Osteopathic technique

Manipulator

Of or pertaining to manipulation.

Manorialism

Manumission

Maquiladora

Marathoning

Margination

Spongy, gelatin-filled sweets

Toast one of these

Spongy sweets

Soft and yielding

Mastectomy

A touch of genius (wordplay)

Well-timed act

Very clever move

Mastication

Onanism; selfpollution.

Masturbator

MASTURBATOR

""MATURATION The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.""

The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.

Meadowsweet

Hesitant to state facts (2 words)

Smooth tongued - too squeamish

Afraid to speak frankly

Rather inferior people

Quaker place of worship

Quaker church

Quaker building

Megaloblast

Act of controlling by force

Person with delusions of power

One thinking he is great

Megalomania

Megaproject

Megatonnage

""A mental disorder characterized by severe depression, guilt, hopelessness, and withdrawal.""

Melancholia

Melancholic

Melancholy

""MELANIZE to make dark, also MELANISE""

Melanoblast

Melanophore

Melioration

Mellowness

Emotionally overblown (in theatre)

Exaggerated - over-emotional

Exaggerated, over-emotional

Membranous

The quality or state of being memorable.

MEMORIALISE Same as memorialize.

Memorialise

A strict version of six (wordplay)

""MEMORIALIZE To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature. as, to memorialize the legislature.""

Memorialize

Noun (-tion)

In a lying manner

""Pl. meningiomas or meningiomata (-m -t ) A slow-growing tumor of the meninges, occurring most often in adults.""

""Pl. meningococci (-k k s , -k ) A bacterium (Neisseria meningitidis) that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.""

Menorrhagia

""The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.""

Mensuration

Meprobamate

Mercuration

Courier-Times (anagram) - tacky

Superficially attractive but worthless

In the direction of the meridian.

""Of or pertaining to meritocracy; as, meritocratic society.as, meritocratic society.""

Concentrated on going after funny bone

Wishbone, however, swallowed by slightly drunk head of table

Mesocyclone

Mesomorphy

MESOPHYLL

""Pl. mesotheliomata (-m -t ) or mesotheliomas A usually malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue, especially that of the pleura or peritoneum.""

""Pl. mesothoraxes or mesothoraces (-thôr -s z , -th r -) The middle of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the middle pair of legs and the first pair of wings.""

Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.

Mesothorax

METABOLIZE To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism. Metabolism.

Metafiction

""An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings.""

METALWORKER metalwork

Metalwork

""The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble.""

Undergo drastic change

Develop into another form

Change completely

Like a figure of speech

Symbolic of something else

Figurative

Metasequoia

""An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization. metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization.""

""Pl. metathoraxes or metathoraces (-thôr -s z , -th r -) The hindmost of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.""

Of or pertaining to the metathorax.

Metathorax

METEORIC resembling a {meteor=n}

METEORITIC

Of the study of weather