11-letter words containing c, h, r, o, m
- motor coach — a coach driven by an internal-combustion engine
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- multichrome — chromium.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- mycorrhizae — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- mycotrophic — (of a plant) symbiotic with a fungus, esp a mycorrhizal fungus
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nonharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- nonrhythmic — Not having rhythm; irregular.
- norman arch — a semicircular arch, esp one in the Romanesque style of architecture developed by the Normans in England
- oligochrome — the brand name of a light filtering device used in photography
- orchidotomy — incision of a testis.
- orchiectomy — excision of one or both testes; castration.
- orthodromic — relating to orthodromy
- orthometric — (crystallography) having axes at right angles.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- photochromy — a former technique of color photography.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polychromic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- polymorphic — polymorphism
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- prochronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- remote echo — (communications) (Obsolete: "full-duplex") A mode of operation of communicating programs or devices in which the sending system does not display the characters the user enters, but only sends them to the remote system which then "echoes" them back to be displayed to the user. This lets the operator see not only typing errors, but also transmission errors. This is now the usual mode of most systems with remote users. Contrast: local echo.
- rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.