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12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, m

  • irreformably — in an irreformable manner
  • isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
  • isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
  • jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
  • journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
  • jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
  • katharometer — (science) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
  • keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
  • kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
  • la mano nera — Black Hand (def 1).
  • labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
  • ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
  • lamella roof — a vaulted roof composed of lamellae.
  • lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
  • lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
  • laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
  • laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
  • large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
  • laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
  • late bloomer — a person whose talents or capabilities are slow to develop: A late bloomer, she wrote her first novel when she was almost 50.
  • laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
  • legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
  • leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
  • leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
  • lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
  • linear motor — an electric motor in which a movable part moves in a straight line, with power being supplied by a varying magnetic field set up by a fixed part of the system, as a metal rail on the ground.
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
  • macroclimate — the general climate of a large area, as of a continent or country.
  • macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
  • macroeconomy — A large-scale economic system.
  • macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
  • macrogametes — Plural form of macrogamete.
  • macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
  • macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
  • macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
  • macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
  • macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
  • macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
  • maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
  • madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
  • magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • majolicaware — goods made from majolica
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