12-letter words containing c, e, r, m, o, n
- 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
- prochein ami — next friend.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- 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.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- receptionism — the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- recommitment — to commit again.
- recompensate — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- renouncement — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- 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.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- rose campion — a plant, Lychnis coronaria, of the pink family, having reddish purple flowers, and leaves covered with whitish down.
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
- section mark — section (def 16).
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- storm center — the center of a cyclonic storm, the area of lowest pressure and of comparative calm.
- storm centre — the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- tensiometric — relating to the measurement of tension
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- uncommercial — not engaged in or involved with commerce or trade.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- unimolecular — of or involving only one molecular entity
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- up-and-comer — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
- woman-chaser — a philanderer; womanizer.