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12-letter words containing c, o, m, r, i

  • eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
  • family court — court of domestic relations.
  • fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
  • fire company — a company of firefighters.
  • flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
  • fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
  • fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
  • formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions.
  • frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
  • fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
  • fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
  • furocoumarin — psoralen.
  • gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
  • gastronomics — the cooking style typical of a region or country
  • geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
  • geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
  • geometricize — to draw, design, or form in geometrical shapes or patterns.
  • gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
  • gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • gross income — Accounting. total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.
  • gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
  • haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
  • harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  • harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
  • hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
  • hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
  • heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
  • heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
  • hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
  • hire company — a company that hires things out to people
  • homeomorphic — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
  • homeothermic — (biology, of an, animal) Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
  • homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
  • horometrical — Relating to horometry.
  • hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
  • hydromorphic — of or relating to soil having characteristics that are developed when there is excess water all or part of the time.
  • hyperchromic — (physics, chemistry) Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.
  • hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
  • hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
  • iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
  • idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
  • imidacloprid — The insecticide 1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine used to control fleas in domestic pets.
  • immoralistic — (somewhat, rare) Of or relating to immoralism.
  • imperception — lack of perception.
  • imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
  • importancies — Plural form of importancy.
  • imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
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