12-letter words containing a, l, t, m
- practicalism — devotion to practical matters.
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premaritally — in a premarital manner
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- pro-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- pyophthalmia — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- quality time — time devoted exclusively to nurturing a cherished person or activity.
- quantum cell — (electronics, computing) (Or "quantum dot cell") A structure comprising four quantum dots arranged in a square, with two diagonally opposed dots containing electron charges. One diagonal containing charges is arbitrarily defined as representing a value of '1', the other as '0'. In a five-dot cell, the fifth, central dot contains no charge. See also: quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
- quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
- quarter mile — an event in which competitors run a quarter mile or 400 metres
- quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- raw material — material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reaccumulate — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- reassimilate — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- remilitarize — to equip with armed forces, military supplies, or the like.
- remnant sale — a sale of items that are unwanted or left over, sold at a lower price
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhythmically — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- sacramentals — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saltationism — any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather than by the gradual accumulation of small changes.
- saltpetreman — a supplier of saltpetre
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- san clemente — a town in S California.
- saw palmetto — a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.