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12-letter words containing e, c, m, a, i

  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • picrocarmine — a red powder containing carmine and picric acid which is used in staining processes
  • pimelic acid — a crystalline compound, C 7 H 1 2 O 4 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used in polymers and as a plasticizer.
  • pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
  • predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
  • preeclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • premedicated — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
  • primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
  • primary care — medical care by a physician, or other health-care professional, who is the patient's first contact with the health-care system and who may recommend a specialist if necessary.
  • primary cell — a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.
  • prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
  • primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
  • pro-american — in favour of or supporting America, its people, culture, etc
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • prochein ami — next friend.
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
  • pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
  • race meeting — A race meeting is an occasion when a series of horse races are held at the same place, often during a period of several days.
  • 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.
  • racemic acid — an isomeric modification of tartaric acid that is sometimes found in the juice of grapes in conjunction with the common dextrorotatory form and is optically inactive but can be separated into the two usual isomeric forms, dextrorotatory and levorotatory.
  • racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
  • radiomimetic — (of drugs) producing effects similar to those produced by X-rays
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
  • scampishness — the quality of being scampish
  • scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
  • scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
  • scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
  • scrimshanker — a shirker
  • secd machine — Stack Environment Control Dump machine
  • sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
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