12-letter words containing a, c, o, r, n, m
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmetameric — not metameric
- nonmicrobial — not microbial, not caused by or related to microbes
- nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- panpharmacon — a remedy or panacea
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- picrocarmine — a red powder containing carmine and picric acid which is used in staining processes
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin
- prochein ami — next friend.
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- race norming — the process of statistically adjusting the scores of minority job applicants on job-qualification tests by rating each test-taker's score against the results of others in his or her racial or ethnic group.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- rachmaninoff — Sergei Wassilievitch [sur-gey vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.