12-letter words containing c, r, e, a, m, t
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sacramentals — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacramentary — a sacramentarian
- scene master — (on a switchboard) a master switch that controls several lighting circuits.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- semitropical — subtropical.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermaticide — spermicide.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- 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
- stereocamera — a stereoscopic camera.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- storm cellar — a cellar or underground chamber for refuge during violent storms; cyclone cellar.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- tetradrachma — a silver coin of ancient Greece, equal to four drachmas.
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- time charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified period
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- trailer camp — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- triple cream — a fresh, soft cheese of France, containing at least 72 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- truck camper — a type of camper designed to be mounted on a pickup truck.
- trumpet call — a blast made by a trumpet that serves as a summons or call
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- unimportance — a lack of importance