12-letter words containing d, e, m, o, c, r
- microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- microprinted — printed in microprint
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
- minirecorder — a small tape recorder, using minicassettes.
- mis director — Chief Information Officer
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- modern dance — a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.
- mollycoddler — One who mollycoddles.
- mond process — a process for obtaining nickel by heating the ore in carbon monoxide to produce nickel carbonyl vapour, which is then decomposed at a higher temperature to yield the metal
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- once removed — relative: one generation older
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
- overdocument — to document excessively
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- radiomimetic — (of drugs) producing effects similar to those produced by X-rays
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- 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.
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- 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
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
- 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
- siderochrome — any of various chemical compounds functioning in the transport of iron in bacteria.
- 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.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- 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.