12-letter words containing a, m, o, r, l
- prenominally — before a noun
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- primordially — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- pro-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- problem area — a place that is prone to a particular problem or danger, such as flooding or road-traffic accidents
- problem page — a feature in a newspaper, magazine, etc in which readers' problems are published and answers supplied
- 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.
- programmable — capable of being programmed.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- proper psalm — a psalm used only on a particular day or feast
- 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.
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- quadrinomial — consisting of four terms.
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- ragman rolls — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
- roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
- roman collar — clerical collar.
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- 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.
- royal family — the immediate family of a reigning monarch.
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- samuel morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
- slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom