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12-letter words containing a, c, r, o, m, i

  • mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
  • morning coat — a man's cutaway for wear as part of morning dress.
  • morris chair — a large armchair having an adjustable back and loose, removable cushions.
  • morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
  • motor racing — sport: competing in fast cars
  • movie camera — motion-picture camera
  • multilocular — having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.
  • mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
  • mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
  • nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
  • non-aromatic — having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented; odoriferous.
  • non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
  • non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
  • 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
  • nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
  • normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
  • normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
  • obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
  • 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.
  • ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
  • oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
  • osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
  • overcramming — excessive cramming
  • overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • paimio chair — a chair developed by Alvar Aalto between 1930 and 1933, having two continuous, ribbonlike elements made of bent laminated birch veneers forming the arms and legs and supporting a sheet of bent plywood that forms the back and seat.
  • panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
  • parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
  • parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
  • peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
  • 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).
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • pharmacopeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • 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
  • pictorialism — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • porismatical — porismatic
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